Masked Palm Civet

Unlike every other Bornean civet on this site, this species has no spots, stripes or bold bands at all — a plain greyish-to-ochre body is itself a field mark by elimination. Its face carries a different pattern again from the common palm civet's mask: a white blaze on the forehead plus white marks above and below the eyes that extend back into a half-collar, against black on the head, shoulders and neck. The tail is plain and unringed, more than two-thirds of head-body length.

Widespread from the Himalayas to Taiwan and south to Sumatra and Borneo, but on Borneo it is associated with hillier, interior terrain and is predicted to be absent from lowland peat swamp and coastal habitat. Nocturnal, occasionally diurnal, omnivorous. Records within Sabah are less frequent than for the Malay civet. Least Concern (IUCN).