Civets

Both these unlikely markets are members of a group of economies known as the "civets". ❋ Unknown (2011)

But this coffee is definitely not to everyone's taste - it is made from beans which have been eaten and then excreted by small cat-like animals called civets. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Therefore, the mammal fauna from both zones, such as civets, martens, Himalayan tahr, and muntjac are included within the ecoregion. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Smaller mammals such as civets, tree shrews, squirrels, and rats dominate the montane region. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Experts attending the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) conference say there is growing evidence that the H5N1 virus can infect and harm big cats like leopards and tigers, small cats such as civets and other mammals like martens, weasels, badgers and otters. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Putting all the pieces together, scientists now presume that bats infected with a SARS-like coronavirus were brought into the marketplace, where they came in contact with civets. ❋ Ewillett (2009)

A WHO team tentatively concluded that the virus had jumped to humans from civets. ❋ Ewillett (2009)

A Sri Lankan "hobbyist" studies the native civets, leading to the rediscovery of one species and the discovery of a new species. ❋ Unknown (2009)

While Bali Energy waits to start production of a modest 10 megawatts a year, it is exporting vegetables and kopi luwak , coffee beans that are supposed to have complex flavor after being excreted by civets. ❋ Eric Bellman (2011)

But the hopeful news for the many millions trapped in poverty in the civets and in scores of other economies around the world is that the way is open to them. ❋ Unknown (2011)

While the brics have won their place at the top table of world affairs, the civets – and scores of other developing economies – are scampering along close behind. ❋ Unknown (2011)

If we want to have something left to sell to the brics, the civets, or even the Irish and the Belgians, our economy will need to be radically re-engineered. ❋ Unknown (2011)

All these countries face what economists euphemistically call "political risk": no one knows what kind of regime will come to power in Egypt; Turkey is battling Kurdish rebels; South Africa still has entrenched unemployment; in all of the civets, there remains a yawning divide between rich and poor. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But had it originated with civets, or did it circulate naturally in some other species? ❋ Ewillett (2009)

The virus that causes AIDS originated in monkeys, and the global 2003 SARS outbreak was traced to a virus in bats and civets. ❋ Unknown (2010)