Small mammals found in the region include small Indian civets, mongooses and badgers. It does have numerous small carnivores including various civets, mongooses and small cats. These include frugivorous bats, birds, squirrels, tree shrews, civets, rats, mice, monkeys, and apes. The feliforms include families such as the cats, the hyenas, the mongooses and the civets. Other animals include water buffalo, banded pigs, civets, cockatoo and macaques. These include the civets, flying lemurs, flying civets and bats. Small Indian civets are nocturnal, mostly terrestrial and insectivorous. Miacoids were mostly small carnivores superficially reminiscent of martens or civets. A minority of writers use "civet" to refer only to "Civettictis", "Viverra" and "Viverricula" civets. The plateau has several signs of presence of barking deers, hares, civets and rodents. The animals found there include malabar civets, wild dogs, sloth bears and spotted deer. Binturongs, civets, and various other small carnivores are probably able to feed on infants. The virus originated from infected palm civets and bats. It infects humans, bats, and palm civets. Introduced animals such as dogs are likely to prey of Malagasy civets.