The few records of Hose's civet from across its range have been mainly from montane forest sites, giving rise to the assumption that it is a montane species. However, it has been recorded at an altitude of only in Brunei and in Batu Song, Sarawak; an individual was camera trapped in the lowland forest of Mount Kinabalu National Park, Sabah, also at an altitude of , and one of the 14 images from the Sela’an-Linau FMU was from an altitude of .