Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
(Pallas, 1777). In Schreber, Die Saugethiere, 3(25):426.


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ORDER—CARNIVORA
FAMILY—Viverridae

COMMON NAME—Common palm civet.

DISTRIBUTION—Sri Lanka to Hainan and Lesser Sunda Islands; found throughout the Philippines. Specimens from Balabac (USNM), Busuanga (FMNH), Camiguin (FMNH), Culion (FMNH), Leyte (USNM), Luzon [Bataan (USNM), Cagayan (UMMZ), Camarines Sur (FMNH), Ilocos Norte (USNM), Isabela (AMNH), Laguna (AMNH), Pampanga (USNM), Rizal (AMNH), and Sorsogon (DMNH) provinces], Marinduque (PNM), Mindanao [Agusan del Norte (SU), Bukidnon (FMNH), Davao del Norte (FMNH), Davao del Sur (FMNH), Lanao del Sur (DMNH), Maguindanao (FMNH), Misamis Occidental (USNM), South Cotabato (FMNH), Surigao del Norte (SU), Surigao del Sur (DMNH), Zamboanga del Norte (FMNH), and Zamboanga del Sur (DMNH)], Negros (FMNH), Palawan (FMNH), Sanga-Sanga (DMNH), and Sibuyan (FMNH). Also reported from Catanduanes (Heaney et al., 1991), Biliran, and Maripipi (Rickart et al., 1993) and Panay (Timm & Birney, 1980; Lastimosa, pers. comm.).

HABITAT—Recorded in agricultural and forested areas from sea level up to at least 2400 m (Balete & Heaney, in press; Heaney et al., 1991, in press; Hoogstraal, 1951; Rabor, 1986; Thomas, 1898).

STATUS—Common and geographically widespread.

NOTE ADDED IN 200--Reported in montane and mossy forest from 925-2,150 m elevation in Balbalasang, Kalinga Province (Heaney et al, 2004). Probably the most common mammalian carnivore on Palawan Island (Esselstyn et al, 2004).


©2002 (photograph by L. Heaney)

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