Paradoxurus hermaphroditus

(Pallas in von Schreber, 1777)

Northern Palm Civet

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1777. Heft 25. Pp. 425–440 in Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1778. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Dritter Theil. Walther, Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42529134

Original name as described

Viverra hermaphrodita

Other common names

Common Palm Civet

Type locality

type locality unknown.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · China · Myanmar · Vietnam · Laos · Thailand

Taxonomy notes

previously included P. musangus and P. philippinensis

Taxonomy notes citation

Veron, G., Patou, M.-L., Toth, M., Goonatilake, M., Jennings, A.P. 2014. How many species of Paradoxurus civets are there? New insights from India and Sri Lanka. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 53(2):161-174.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006100

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Paradoxurus nigrifrons

J. E. Gray, 1865

Family

Viverridae

Root name

nigrifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1842.10.5.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f13ad2e2-c5d6-42d3-af2c-1b5f3fdd7b7c

Authority page

535

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500868

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Paradoxurus hirsutus

Hodgson, 1836

Family

Viverridae

Root name

hirsutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.119

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4f4a7b3e-7333-4e02-92ed-d47d4acbbc03

Authority page

72

Authority publication

Asiatic Researches

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Paradoxurus pallasii

J. E. Gray, 1832

Family

Viverridae

Root name

pallasii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.230

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9ecfc595-9015-44d6-a7de-5404af437494

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1213970

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Smith (1842:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Paradoxurus vicinus

E. Schwarz, 1910

Family

Viverridae

Root name

vicinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.283

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c5ca973c-fd6a-4962-8b12-aa5c1f5f6ac0

Authority page

230

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628991

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Paradoxurus quadriscriptus

Horsfield, 1855

Family

Viverridae

Root name

quadriscriptus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.542

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a170587a-75c8-4cb7-94ea-207c44487e5e

Authority page

106

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18661017

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Paradoxurus strictus

Horsfield, 1855

Family

Viverridae

Root name

strictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.546

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9e26784b-edcd-4beb-8558-7128d76d31c1

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18661016

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Paradoxurus nictitatans

J. Taylor, 1891

Family

Viverridae

Root name

nictitatans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1892.7.28.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ee13b4dd-834c-4800-b5a5-434b4db7c845

Authority page

429

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2075171

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Paradoxurus birmanicus

Wroughton, 1917

Family

Viverridae

Root name

birmanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.7.19.89

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cb30dbed-88ec-4c23-97c4-52e9be00ff44

Authority page

51

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5453805

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Paradoxurus hermaphroditus vellerosus

Pocock, 1934

Family

Viverridae

Root name

vellerosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.9.1.17

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/72228f7c-15a7-4c96-83f9-7d3998c185e5

Authority page

181

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48185455

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Paradoxurus hermaphroditus scindiae

Pocock, 1934

Family

Viverridae

Root name

scindiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1933.2.1.23

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fc2f877f-f2ac-41d4-91d3-36ebf017337f

Authority page

176

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48185450

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Paradoxurus crossi

J. E. Gray, 1832

Family

Viverridae

Root name

crossi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:78a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6f8da890-6923-4038-918e-a3d041f00dfc

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861665

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Paradoxurus hermaphroditus hainanus

Wang Yingxiang & Xu Longhui, 1981

Family

Viverridae

Root name

hainanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

GIE 402

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

446

Authority publication

Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Paradoxurus hermaphroditus dongfangensis

Corbet in Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1992

Family

Viverridae

Root name

dongfangensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

GIE 402

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

208

Authority publication

Oxford

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Paradoxurus typus

F. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1821

Family

Viverridae

Root name

typus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-2001-335

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-2001-335

Authority page

pl. 186 (p. 5)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43946012

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:138, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  3. Smith (1842:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  4. Lesson (1842:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  5. Kelaart (1852:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  6. Blyth (1853:411, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40267897) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67348)
  7. Fitzinger (1855:302) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  8. Kelaart (1890:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)
  9. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Paradoxurus hermaphroditus laotum

Gyldenstolpe, 1917

Family

Viverridae

Root name

laotum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41891614

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Paradoxurus exitus

E. Schwarz, 1911

Family

Viverridae

Root name

exitus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

636

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15815360

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Paradoxurus jorandensis

Mohammad Ali, S. Chattopadhyay, Kankane, & Gayen, 1988

Family

Viverridae

Root name

jorandensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 21496

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

45

Authority publication

Records of the Zoological Survey of India

Paradoxurus Nubiæ

C. F. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1842

Family

Viverridae

Root name

nubiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

pl. 187 (p. 2)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518335

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Paradoxurus hermaphroditus laneus

Pocock, 1934

Family

Viverridae

Root name

laneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48185452

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Paradox. prehensilis

H. R. Schinz, 1825

Family

Viverridae

Root name

prehensilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

349

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523766

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Smith (1842:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  3. Lesson (1842:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Genetta bondar

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Viverridae

Root name

bondar

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

175

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207643

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:175, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Paradoxurus crossii

C. H. Smith, 1842

Family

Viverridae

Root name

crossii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

163

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Paradoxurus hermaphroditus

C. H. Smith, 1842

Family

Viverridae

Root name

hermaphroditus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

163

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Smith & Xie (2008:409) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41693/45217835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Arctictis Niger

(C. H. Smith, 1842)

Family

Viverridae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

214

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Paradoxurus bondar

Lesson, 1842

Family

Viverridae

Root name

bondar

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

61

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Lesson (1842:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Paradoxurus hermaphroditus bondar

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Viverridae

Root name

bondar

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Paradoxurus hermaphroditus exitus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Viverridae

Root name

exitus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Paradoxurus hermaphroditus hermaphroditus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Viverridae

Root name

hermaphroditus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

nigrifons

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Viverridae

Root name

nigrifons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

551

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005:551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Paradoxurus hermaphroditus pallasii

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Viverridae

Root name

pallasii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Viverra hermaphrodita

(Pallas in von Schreber, 1777)

Family

Viverridae

Root name

hermaphroditus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

426

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42529134

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

viverra bondar

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Viverridae

Root name

bondar

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

210

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523974

Authority publication

Paris

viverra nigra

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Viverridae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

208

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523972

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Viverra prehensilis

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Viverridae

Root name

prehensilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

208

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523972

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Paradoxurus leucopus

W. Ogilby, 1829

Family

Viverridae

Root name

leucopus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

301

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2310761

Authority publication

Zoological Journal

Name usages

Lesson (1842:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Paradoxurus typus var. fuliginosus

J. E. Gray, 1832

Family

Viverridae

Root name

fuliginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

65

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Paradoxurus pennantii

J. E. Gray, 1832

Family

Viverridae

Root name

pennantii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861664

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Platyschista Pallasii

(Otto, 1835)

Family

Viverridae

Root name

pallasii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Authority page

1102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37068007

Authority publication

Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Paradoxurus quinquelineatus

J. E. Gray, 1837

Family

Viverridae

Root name

quinquelineatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

579

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27268170

Authority publication

Magazine of Natural History

Paradoxurus felinus

J. A. Wagner, 1841

Family

Viverridae

Root name

felinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

349

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31062978

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Paradoxurus quadriscriptus

J. E. Gray, 1855

Family

Viverridae

Root name

quadriscriptus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

191

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747342

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Paradoxurus niger

Blanford, 1886

Family

Viverridae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

792

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31015909

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Paradoxurus strictus

Wroughton, 1917

Family

Viverridae

Root name

strictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

51

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5453805

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Paradoxurus hermaphroditus nictitans

Pocock, 1934

Family

Viverridae

Root name

nictitans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

172

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48185446

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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