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Meaning of civeta

civeta: It is one of the common names of a carnivorous viperrid animal with arboreal habits. It is also called toddycats in English, Mara Patti in Malay, musang in Malaysian and Indonesian, and urulaeva in Sinhalese. Other names are uguduua, viverra and viverricula. Its musk is highly used in perfumery.

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