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Paradoxurus hermaphroditus  (Pallas, 1777)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 621985

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Asian Palm Civet [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderFeliformia Kretzoi, 1945 – cat-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyViverridae Gray, 1821  
                                        SubfamilyParadoxurinae Gray, 1865  
                                           GenusParadoxurus F. Cuvier, 1821  
                                              SpeciesParadoxurus hermaphroditus (Pallas, 1777) – Asian Palm Civet  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus balicus Sody, 1933  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus bondar (Desmarest, 1820)  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus canescens Lyon, 1907  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus canus Miller, 1913  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus cochinensis Schwarz, 1911  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus dongfangensis Corbet and Hill, 1992  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus enganus Lyon, 1916  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus exitus Schwarz, 1911  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus hermaphroditus (Pallas, 1777)  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus javanica Horsfield, 1824  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus kangeanus Thomas, 1910  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus laotum Gyldenstolpe, 1917  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus lignicolor Miller, 1903  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus milleri Kloss, 1908  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus minor Bonhote, 1903  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus musanga (Raffles, 1821)  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus nictitans Taylor, 1891  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus pallasii Gray, 1832  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus pallens Miller, 1913  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus parvus Miller, 1913  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus philippinensis Jourdan, 1837  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus pugnax Miller, 1913  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus pulcher Miller, 1913  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus sacer Miller, 1913  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus scindiae Pocock, 1934  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus senex Miller, 1913  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus setosus Jacquinot and Pucheran, 1853  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus simplex Miller, 1913  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus sumbanus Schwarz, 1910  
                                                 Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus vellerosus Pocock, 1934  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: W. Christopher Wozencraft  
  Notes: Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545   
  Reference for: Paradoxurus hermaphroditus    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Paradoxurus hermaphroditus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, Asian Palm Civet [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Paradoxurus hermaphroditus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: 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, 1934...  
 

 

    

 
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