Banded palm civet[1]
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Viverridae
Subfamily:	Hemigalinae
Genus:	Hemigalus Jourdan, 1837
Species:	H. derbyanus
Binomial name
Hemigalus derbyanus (Gray, 1837)
Banded palm civet range

Banded palm civet nose, paws, scent glands and genitalia, as illustrated in Pocock's The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma - Mammalia Vol 1

The banded palm civet (Hemigalus derbyanus) is a civet found in the tall forests of Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.^[1] Though it lives in the forests, it spends much of its time on the ground. The banded palm civet has a long pointed face, reminiscent of insectivorous mammals. It has a long body set on short legs, and five toes on each foot with retractable claws. It looks very similar to Owston's palm civet (Chrotogale owstoni), except that it lacks spots on its body, and the hair on its neck points upwards instead of down along the neck. It is also similar to the rare Hose's Civet (Diplogale hosei), an endemic of northern Borneo - they only differ in shape of muzzle and teeth and Hose's Civet does not have the banded pelage of the Banded Civet. Banded Civet has short, dense fur that is generally a dark cream/buff color with four to five dark bands on its back. Its tail has two dark bands and the latter half of the tail is dark brown to black. There is a dark brown stripe that extends down the length of the top of the muzzle, and two stripes that extend from the top middle of the eye to the inside corner of the ears. There are two areas of white above and below each eye, and the muzzle is darker than the rest of the face.

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Paradoxurus[1][2]
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus philippensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Viverridae
Subfamily:	Paradoxurinae
Genus:	Paradoxurus F.Cuvier, 1821
Species
P. hermaphroditus P. zeylonensis P. jerdoni P. aureus P. stenocephalus P. montanus
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Paradoxurus ranges

Paradoxurus is a genus of viverrids in one of the civet subfamilies, Paradoxurinae. There are at least six species, one of which is common over tropical Asia, while the others are less common and limited in locality:

• Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), India and Southeast Asia^[1]
• Golden Palm Civet (Paradoxurus zeylonensis), Sri Lanka^[1]
• Brown Palm Civet (Paradoxurus jerdoni), Western Ghats, India^[1]
• Golden Wet-zone Palm Civet (Paradoxurus aureus), Sri Lanka^[2]
• Golden Dry-zone Palm Civet (Paradoxurus stenocephalus), Sri Lanka^[2]
• Sri Lankan Brown Palm Civet (Paradoxurus montanus), Sri Lanka^[2]

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External links[link]

• Chasing Civets