'Paradoxirus fasciatus' definitions:

Definition of 'Paradoxirus fasciatus'

From: GCIDE
  • Musang \Mu*sang"\, n. (Zool.) A small animal of Java (Paradoxirus fasciatus), allied to the civets. It swallows, but does not digest, large quantities of ripe coffee berries, thus serving to disseminate the coffee plant; hence it is called also {coffee rat}. [1913 Webster]