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--> GENUS Paradoxurus
SPECIES Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
Author: | Pallas, 1777. | Citation: | In Schreber, Die Säugethiere, 3(25): 426 [1777]. | Common Name: | Asian Palm Civet | Type Locality: | Uncertain. "Das Vaterland des beschreibenen Thieres ist die Barbarey". Listed as "India?" by Corbet and Hill (1992). | Distribution: | Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippine Isls, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; scattered records in Sulawesi, Moluccas, and Aru Isls, probably resulting from introductions. | Status: | CITES – Appendix III (India); IUCN – Vulnerable as P. h. lignicolor, otherwise Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Two primary systematic studies – Chasen and Kloss (1927) and Pocock (1934a) – considered lignicolor Miller, 1903 (an insular population) as conspecific. However, Pocock did not directly study Miller’s (1903b) type specimen. Corbet and Hill’s (1992) review separated lignicolor from other hermaphroditus and perhaps it should best be listed as incertae sedis. They point out the pelage differences (a paler tail, and a more uniform body color). Synonyms allocated according to Pocock (1933c, 1934a) and Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951). |
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