Paguma larvata

(Griffith, 1822)

Masked Palm Civet

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Viverroidea
Family : Viverridae
Subfamily : Paradoxurinae
Genus : Paguma

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Griffith, E. 1822. General and Particular Descriptions of the Vertebrated Animals, Arranged Conformably to the Modern Discoveries and Improvements in Zoology. Order Carnivora. Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, London, 295 pp.

Original name as described

Gulo Larvatus

Type locality

type locality not known (possibly S China).

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · China · Taiwan · Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia · Malaysia · Indonesia · Brunei

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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