Paradoxurus
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Paradoxurus is a genus of three palm civets within the viverrid family that was denominated and first described by Frédéric Cuvier in 1822.[3] The Paradoxurus species have a broad head, a narrow muzzle with a large rhinarium that is deeply sulcate in the middle. Their large ears are rounded at the tip. The tail is nearly as long as the head and body.[4]
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Paradoxurus[1] | |
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Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Viverridae |
Subfamily: | Paradoxurinae |
Genus: | Paradoxurus Cuvier, 1822 |
Type species | |
Viverra hermaphrodita[2] Pallas, 1777 | |
Species | |
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Paradoxurus ranges |
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The three species are the Asian palm civet, the Golden palm civet, and the Brown palm civet.[1]