Common Name: Kalawedda
Scientific Name: Paradoxurus zeylonensis
Animal Family: Viverrids
Description: The golden plam civet has two morphs- one golden and one dark brown. Specimens from montane areas are darker,slightly greyish -toned wood-brown, and paler on the underside with a yellowish- white tail tip.The rounded ears have hairless edges.The eyes large with vertical pupils.
Habitat: Lowland rainforest , montane evergreen forests , and also dense monsoon forest.
Foods: Friuts, berries, invertebrates, and a wide range of small vertebrates.
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