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Later, when she listened to the hoot of an eagle owl, the hiss of a genet, and the hrrr-hrrr grunt of a foraging honey badger, she didn’t feel quite as confident.

Lions, cheetahs and leopards may be spotted during the day, while night brings out a parade of smaller carnivores, including serval, genets, civets, pale foxes and honey badgers.

It is home to many animal species such as the spotted hyena, hippopotamus and the common genet, as well as several threatened species.

“Maybe. We just didn’t have permits to trap leopards. We did collect genet cats, and it wasn’t there.”

These Southeast Asian mammals are actually related to small forest predators like fossas, civets, and genets.