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Sulawesi palm civet

Order : Carnivora
Family : Viverridae
Subfamily : Paradoxurinae
Species : Macrogalidia musschenbroekii

 

The Brown palm civet, musang, sulawesi palm civet is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the Sulawesi palm civet

The Sulawesi palm civet is a native species while the Malay and the common palm civets were introduced (Musser 1987).

Physical Appearance The Sulawesi palm civet is a rusty brown agouti color, with lighter undersides. (Full text)

1. Celebes, Sulawesi -- (a mountainous island in eastern Indonesia)
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