Paradoxurus jerdoni

Blanford, 1885

Brown 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

Blanford, W.T. 1885-10. Mr. W. T. Blanford exhibited the skull of a Paradoxurus, which he believed to be an undescribed form. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1885(3):612-613.

Original name as described

Paradoxurus jerdoni

Other common names

Jerdon's Palm Civet

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1888.9.26.2

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Tamil Nadu Province, Palni Hills, Kodaikanal, S India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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