Hose's palm civet

Plain Roller ( Diplogale hosei )

The Plain Roller ( Diplogale hosei ) is a predatory species from the family of civets ( Viverridae ). It is in the northern Borneo endemic and one of the rarest and least known members of its family.

It resembles the closely related bands scooter, but is not patterned as opposed to this, but one color brown. The underside is lighter, usually yellow -gray or reddish. The feet and tail are black. His physique is slender and elongated, striking is the pointed snout. Plain Roller reach a body length 47-54 cm and a tail length of 28-34 centimeters.

All copies have so far been found in mountain forests in northern Borneo. About the way of life little is known. Plain Roller probably live mainly on the ground and are probably like most civets nocturnal. From the stomach content of copies found, it is concluded that worms and insects are the main constituent of the food.

So far, only 15 copies of this animal have been found, the last in 1955, so that their current population size and degree of hazard are unknown. According to some researchers, it could be at a photographed on Borneo in December 2005 unknown animal species to a finishing roller, others hold that animal for a new species.