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masked palm civet, gem-faced civet (Paguma larvata)
| Subject: | masked palm civet, gem-faced civet (Paguma larvata)
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Taipei Zoo
Date 20 October 2015, 11:31
Source Taipei Zoo
Author Laika ac from UK https://www.flickr.com/people/68240136@N02
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taipei_Zoo_(24301625776).jpg
The masked palm civet or gem-faced civet (Paguma larvata) is a civet species native to the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The genus Paguma was first named and described by John Edward Gray in 1831. All described forms are regarded as a single species. The masked palm civet is distributed from the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, especially the Himalayas, ranging eastwards all the way across Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Peninsular Malaysia, China, Thailand and to Vietnam. It is also found on Borneo, Sumatra, Taiwan, and the Andaman and Nicobar islands.
Order: Carnivora
Family: Viverridae
Subfamily: Paradoxurinae
Genus: Paguma
Species: Paguma larvata (Hamilton-Smith, 1827)
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Scientific Name: Paguma larvata (C.E.H. Smith, 1827)
Common Names: Masked Palm Civet, Himalayan Palm Civet, Gem-faced Civet
Synonyms: Gulo larvatus C.E.H. Smith, 1827 |
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