Diplogale hosei
Creators: name: Don E. Wilson
name: Russell A. Mittermeier
Publisher: name: Lynx Edicions
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Viverridae
Diplogale
Diplogale hosei

description: 34.
Hose’s Palm Civet
Diplogale hosei
French: Civette de Hose / German: Schlichtroller / Spanish: Hemigalo de Borneo
Taxonomy. Hemigale hose: Thomas, 1892,
Mount Dulit, N. Borneo.
Monotypic.
Distribution. Borneo.
Descriptive notes. Head-body 47.2-54 cm, tail 29.8-33. 5 cm, hindfoot 7-4-8: 1 cm, ear 3-6 cm, weight 1-3 kg. A slender civet with a long pointed muzzle and large ears. Similar in body shape to the Banded Palm Civet, but with a dark brown or blackish coat and no stripes and bands; the underparts are white or slightly brownish-white. There are whitish patches on the side of the muzzle, above and below the eyes, and on the side of the cheeks. The whiskers are long (greater than 150 mm). The rhinarium is bilobed and the nostrils diverge and open to the side. The tail is black and the inner sides of the limbs are grayish. The feet have five digits and are partly webbed, with patches of short hair between the footpads. There is one pair of teats. The skull is quite similar to that of the Banded Palm Civet. The posterior chamber of the auditory bullae is ovoid, extends anteriorly, and partly covers the anterior chamber. Dental formula: 13/3, C1/1,P 4/4, M 2/2 = 40. The first upper and lower premolars are two-rooted and have accessory cusps. The second upper premolar has a small postero-internal cusp.
Habitat. Primary rainforest, montane broadleaf forest, and mature mixed-dipterocarp forest. Specimens and sighting records are from 450 m to 1700 m.
Food and Feeding. One specimen stomach was said to contain various small insects.
Activity patterns. Possibly nocturnal: one individual was seen at 22:00 h in Brunei, another individual was observed at 03:00 h on Mount Kinabalu (Sabah), and a third was camera-trapped at 22:00 h. A captive female emerged only at night and rested during the day.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. Possibly terrestrial and solitary: the few reported records are of single individuals on the ground. A captive female was trapped on the ground and was never seen climbing on the branches within her cage.
Breeding. Nothing known.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Vulnerable on The IUCN Red List. Listed as Threatened in the 1989 IUCN Action Plan for the Conservation of Mustelids and Viverrids. An almost completely unknown species with a very restricted range; there are fewer than 20 museum specimens. Hose’s Palm Civet has been recorded only in a handful of scattered localities in Sabah (Mount Kinabalu National Park and Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary), Brunei (Ulu Temburong National Park), and north-eastern Sarawak (Mount Dulit). In 1997, an adult female was live-trapped in Brunei (at 1500 m) and kept in captivity for about 2% months. Field surveys, ecological studies, and assessments of any threats are needed.
Bibliography. Chapron et al. (2006), Corbet & Hill (1992), Dinets (2003), Francis (2002), IUCN (2008), Payne et al. (1985), Pocock (1933c), Schreiber et al. (1989), Van Rompaey & Azlan (2004), Wells et al. (2005), Wozencraft (2005), Yasuma (2004).
description: Published as part of Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2009, Viverridae, pp. 174-232 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 1 Carnivores, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 199, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5714564