Civet cats belong to Carnivora, civet cats and civet cats, and they are precious wild animals. The body color is yellowish grayish brown, the body is slightly fat, and the neck is thick and short, which is difficult to distinguish from the body. There are 9 species of 17 subspecies in China. Only one species belongs to the genus Beaver, which belongs to the primitive group of carnivores with other species at the undergraduate stage.

The civet has a limb length of 48-50 cm and a tail length of 37-41cm. Weighing 3600 ~ 5000 grams. The body hair is short and thick, the body color is taupe, the head hair color is dark, there are four obvious bands from the forehead to the bridge of the nose, there are white spots under the eyes and ears, and the back body hair is taupe. The back, shoulders, limbs and the back half of the tail are black, and the limbs are short and powerful, with five toes each. There are claws on the toes, which are slightly flexible; The tail length is about two-thirds of the body length.