Paradoxurus hermaphroditus Date 1766
Artist Aart Schouman (1710–1792)
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica Source/Photographer A.Schouman. del. ad viv. 1766 Afrikaansche Bizaam-kat (lijkt meer op S.009 Bengaalse tijgerkat). Gebruikt als illustratie in Vosmaer’s Regnum Animale. Tab VIII. Vlgs. Mr. L.J. Bol authentieke tekening, dubieuze handtekening.
Old Latin name Paradoxurus hermaphroditus New Latin name Paradoxurus hermaphroditus Common name Nederlands: Loewak
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The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called toddy cat, is a small member of the family Viverridae native to South and Southeast Asia. Kopi Luwak is coffee prepared using coffee beans that have been subjected to ingestion and fermentation in the gastrointestinal tract of the Asian palm civet, which is called luwak in Indonesia.
