Local Names
- Musang or Alamid in the Philippines;
- Musang or Luwak in Indonesia, where Kopi Luwak, an expensive type of coffee, is produced.
- Motit in the Gran Cordillera Central mountain range of northern Philippines;
- Punugu Pilli in southwest Andhra Pradesh, South Central India;
- Marapatti or "മരപ്പട്ടി", translates as 'tree-dog' or 'wood-dog', in the indigenous language of Malayalam in the state of Kerala in southern India;
- Maranai in Tamil, also meaning 'tree-dog' or 'wood-dog'
- Uguduwa in Sinhala of Sri Lanka;
- Gondhogokul,Khatash,Vham and other many names in Bengali;
- Cầy vòi hương in Vietnamese;
- PuLi.ngaa maajjar in Konkani Language.
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