Pictures and facts about the Jerdon's palm civet

Jerdon's palm civet

Order : Carnivora
Family : Viverridae
Subfamily : Paradoxurinae
Species : Paradoxurus jerdoni

 

The Brown palm civet, jerdon's 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 Jerdon's palm civet

6kg (Macdonald) Jerdon's Palm Civet is endemic to the evergreen rain forest belt of southwest India, distributed in Western Ghats and associated hill ranges, possibly as far north as Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka.

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The brown palm civet Paradoxurus jerdoni is thought to exist in many fragmented locations in the southern Western Ghats. (Full text)

6kg (Macdonald) Jerdon's Palm Civet is endemic to the evergreen rain forest belt of southwest India, distributed in Western Ghats (Full text)

1. Paradoxurus, genus Paradoxurus -- (palm civets)
Paradoxurus
genus Paradoxurus
(Source WordNet)