The conspicuously marked head has been interpreted as a warning signal of the presence of the secretion. The masked palm civet frequents forests and brush country. It reportedly raises its young in tree holes, at least in Nepal. The omnivorous diet includes small vertebrates, insects, and fruits. Data on captives indicate that there may be two breeding seasons, in early spring and late autumn.
Litters contain one to four young.
They open their eyes at 9 days and are almost the size of adults by 3 months. In Tenasserim, Paguma is reported to be a great ratter and not to destroy poultry. The Johns Hopkins University Press. All rights reserved. This document may be used, with this notice included, for noncommercial purposes within a purchasing institution .