From upper left to lower right: binturong, masked palm civet, common palm civet, and small-toothed palm civet. These four species share similar ecology such as nocturnal, semi-arboreal, and frugivory.

Each civet species was captured in box traps ... followed by small-toothed palm civets, masked palm civets, and common palm ...

Typically, closely related animal species have difficulty coexisting because they are competing for similar resources. Despite eating the same figs ...

Four closely related civets, a small nocturnal animal found in Africa and Asia, have made the same geographical area in the rainforests of Borneo ...