Paradoxurus musanga
(Raffles, 1821)
Southern 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
Authority citation
Raffles, S. 1821-06-21. Descriptive catalogue of a zoological collection, made on account of the Honourable East India Company, in the island of Sumatra and its vicinity, under the direction of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Fort Marlborough; with additional notices illustrative of the natural history of those countries. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13(1):239-274.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754995Original name as described
Viverra Musanga
Other common names
Sumatran Palm Civet · Indochinese Palm Civet
Type locality
Sumatra.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya · Australasia
Country distribution
Cambodia · Laos · Myanmar · Thailand · Vietnam · Malaysia · Singapore · Indonesia · East Timor
Taxonomy notes
split from P. hermaphroditus
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
Not Evaluated
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