@joelsartore

Masked palm civets like this one @zoonegara_malaysia have one of the widest geographic ranges of any civet subspecies. While the species is currently stable, it could one day be threatened by overharvesting and, while they can tolerate some habitat modification, it is likely that they cannot survive total deforestation. The masked palm civet is also a major species found in the mammal restaurant trade in southern China - taking too many of these animals out of the wild could eventually impact population numbers and threaten the species’ ability to recover. #Civet #masked #palmcivet #whiskers #animal #wildlife #animalphotography #wildlifephotography #studioportrait #PhotoArk @insidenatgeo