American Civet by Louis Sargent, Vintage Animals Cloth Placemat

Vintage illustration wild animals design featuring an American Civet prowling at night. Louis Sargent illustrator, from "My First Book of Animals" by Lena Dalkeith, c. 1918. A civet is a small, nocturnal mammal native to tropical Asia and Africa, especially the tropical forests. The term civet applies to over a dozen different mammal species. Most of the species diversity is found in southeast Asia. The best-known civet species is the African civet, Civettictis civetta, which historically has been the main species from which was obtained a musky scent used in perfume.