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Paradoxurus is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of viverrids in one of the civet
Civet

The family Viverridae is made up of 35 species, including all of the genet , the Binturong, most of the civets, and the four linsangs.Viverrids are native to most of the Old World tropics, nearly all of Africa , Madagascar, and the Iberian Peninsula....
 subfamilies, Paradoxurinae
Paradoxurinae

Paradoxurinae is a family of viverrids....
. There are at least six species, one of which is common over tropical Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
, while the other two are less common and limited in locality:










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Paradoxurus is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of viverrids in one of the civet
Civet

The family Viverridae is made up of 35 species, including all of the genet , the Binturong, most of the civets, and the four linsangs.Viverrids are native to most of the Old World tropics, nearly all of Africa , Madagascar, and the Iberian Peninsula....
 subfamilies, Paradoxurinae
Paradoxurinae

Paradoxurinae is a family of viverrids....
. There are at least six species, one of which is common over tropical Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
, while the other two are less common and limited in locality:

  • Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), India and Southeast Asia
  • Golden Palm Civet
    Golden Palm Civet

    The Golden Palm Civet is a civet endemism to Sri Lanka. It is a smallish civet and has a coat that is a golden brown color. The hair on the back of its neck grows reverse grain, from the shoulders toward the head....
     (Paradoxurus zeylonensis), Sri Lanka
  • Jerdon's Palm Civet
    Jerdon's Palm Civet

    Jerdon's Palm Civet , also called the Brown Palm Civet, is a civet endemism to Western Ghats, India.It is distributed in the Palni, Nilgiri and Anamalai hills, Travancore and Coorg particularly at an altitude ranging between 500 and 1300 m....
     (Paradoxurus jerdoni), Western Ghats, India
  • Golden Wet-zone Palm Civet , Sri Lanka
  • Golden Dry-zone Palm Civet (Paradoxurus stenocephalus), Sri Lanka
  • Sri Lankan Brown Palm Civet , Sri Lanka


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