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Common Palm Civets
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Common Palm Civets

Paradoxurus

Paradoxurus is a genus within the viverrid family that was denominated and first described by Frédéric Cuvier in 1822. As of 2005, this genus is defined as comprising three species native to Southeast Asia:

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Southern Palm Civet

speciesParadoxurus musanga

Northern Palm Civet

speciesParadoxurus hermaphroditus

Philippine Palm Civet

speciesParadoxurus philippinensis

Brown Palm Civet

speciesParadoxurus jerdoni

Golden Palm Civet

speciesParadoxurus zeylonensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 41585.