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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28697632Original name as described
Paradoxurus jerdoni
Other common names
Jerdon's Palm Civet
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1888.9.26.2
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/69692f62-13ae-4f55-8c77-d8f4e6d8a931Type 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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