Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Viverridae
Paradoxurus
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus

description: Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Pallas 1777)
[Viverra] hermaphrodita Pallas 1777, in: Schreber, Die Saugethiere, Vol. 3, 25: 426 [1777].
Type Locality: Uncertain. "Das Vaterland des beschreibenen Thieres ist die Barbarey". Listed as " India?" by Corbet and Hill (1992).
Vernacular Names: Asian Palm Civet.
Subspecies::
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. hermaphroditus Pallas 1777
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. balicus Sody 1933
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. bondar Desmarest 1820
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. canescens Lyon 1907
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. canus Miller 1913
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. cochinensis Schwarz 1911
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. dongfangensis Corbet and Hill 1992
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. enganus Lyon 1916
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. exitus Schwarz 1911
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. javanica Horsfield 1824
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. kangeanus Thomas 1910
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. laotum Gyldenstolpe 1917
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. lignicolor Miller 1903
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. milleri Kloss 1908
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. minor Bonhote 1903
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. musanga Raffles 1821
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. nictitans Taylor 1891
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. pallasii Gray 1832
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. pallens Miller 1913
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. parvus Miller 1913
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. philippinensis Jourdan 1837
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. pugnax Miller 1913
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. pulcher Miller 1913
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. sacer Miller 1913
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. scindiae Pocock 1934
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. senex Miller 1913
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. setosus Jacquinot and Pucheran 1853
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. simplex Miller 1913
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. sumbanus Schwarz 1910
Subspecies Paradoxurus hermaphroditus subsp. vellerosus Pocock 1934
Distribution: Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippine Isls, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; scattered records in Sulawesi, Moluccas, and Aru Isls, probably resulting from introductions.
Conservation: CITES – Appendix III (India); IUCN – Vulnerable as P. h. lignicolor, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Two primary systematic studies – Chasen and Kloss (1927) and Pocock (1934 a) – considered lignicolor Miller, 1903 (an insular population) as conspecific. However, Pocock did not directly study Miller’s (1903 b) type specimen. Corbet and Hill’s (1992) review separated lignicolor from other hermaphroditus and perhaps it should best be listed as incertae sedis. They point out the pelage differences (a paler tail, and a more uniform body color). Synonyms allocated according to Pocock (1933 c, 1934 a) and Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951).
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 550, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519