# What Kind Of Animal Is This? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 18, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/285448 "2005-01-18T23:06:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![goofyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b77776/32.png) [@goofyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goofyfish)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/285448/1 "2005-01-18T23:06:26Z")
Please help me with my sis to identify this species. [http://10e.org/samcimg/nekocat1.jpg](http://10e.org/samcimg/nekocat1.jpg) It looks so unreal. Almost like a photoshop edit, but nature is so inventive… ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/285448/2 "2005-01-18T23:13:40Z")
I was thinking it’s a civet. Looks like a pretty good match: [http://images.google.com/images?q=civet&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search](http://images.google.com/images?q=civet&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search) ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/285448/3 "2005-01-18T23:14:52Z")
It’s definitely a civet. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/285448/4 "2005-01-18T23:39:23Z")
Certainly a civet, I think specifically a [Spotted Linsang](http://www.kostich.com/spotted_linsang.htm) _Prionodon pardicolor_ of southeast Asia. More information on the species is [here](http://www.wii.gov.in/envis/envisdec99/spottedlinsang.htm) ---
**Author:** ![goofyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b77776/32.png) [@goofyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goofyfish)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/285448/5 "2005-01-19T00:04:38Z")
I think that’s the creature… thanks all! ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/285448/6 "2005-01-19T00:31:23Z")
I had to go out to my trash and retrieve a 16 page insert that came with my Sunday Daily News. It’s called ‘LIFE’…but, certainly not the large mag from years ago. Any way, there is an article about the trip that Colombian coffee beans take from field to American consumer…Starbucks, actually. I quote from one part of the story. “The world’s most expensive coffee is Indonesia’s Kopi Luwak, the beans of which are consumed and then excreted by a small CIVET cat. It sells for $300.00 per pound.” Same cat?? ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/285448/7 "2005-01-19T00:35:01Z")
> [@ltfire](#): > > Same cat?? Nope. That’s courtesy of the Palm Civet: [http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/common\_palm\_civet.htm](http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/common_palm_civet.htm) - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/285448/8 "2005-01-19T00:46:33Z")
The Master speaks: [Does kopi luwak coffee come from pre-eaten beans?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010525.html)