palm-cat

Updated: May 25, 2025

The Palm-cat lurks by day among the fronds of the coco-nut palms, and by night makes destructive forays on the fowls of the villagers; and, in order to suck the blood of its victim, inflicts a wound so small as to be almost imperceptible.

Sir James Emerson Tennent - Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon