 In consequence, many are faced with severe loss of habitat; several species are considered vulnerable and the otter civet is classified as endangered.Some species of civet are very rare and elusive and hardly anything is known about them, e.g., the Hose's civet, endemic to the montane forests of northern Borneo, is one of the world's least known carnivores.In Sri Lanka, the Asian palm civet species is known as "uguduwa" by the Sinhala-speaking community.