Talk:Masked palm civet

message: This article, as read on Oct. 13, 2009, states categorically that the palm civit "is not native to Japan, but it was brought there at the beginning of the 20th century." 
In fact, whether it is native or introduced has not been determined yet with certainty. See:
Title: Genetic variations of the masked palm civet Paguma larvata, inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences
Authors: Ryuichi Masuda, Yayoi Kaneko, Boripat Siriaroonrat, Vellayan Subramaniam and Masaharu Hamachi
Publication: Mammal Study, Vol. 33, pp.19-24 (2008)
http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/mammalstudy/33/1/19/_pdf
Abstract:
It is still unclear whether the masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) is native to the Japanese islands or introduced from the outside via human activities. In the present study, we sequenced the whole region (1,140 base-pairs) of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene for 29 masked palm civets from Japan and Southeast Asia, and investigated their molecular phylogeography. Nine haplotypes were identified from the animals. Five halpotypes identified from 24 animals of Japan were clustered and separated from four haplotypes from five animals of Southeast Asia, showing clear differentiation between Japanese and Southeast Asian lineages. Sequence differences within Japanese haplotypes were smaller than those within Southeast Asian haplotypes and those between Japanese and Southeast Asian haplotypes. Within Japanese animals, all haplotypes found in eastern Honshu (Kanto district) were different from those of central Honshu (Chubu district). The present study highlighted the problem whether the Japanese Paguma larvata is an introduced species showing multiple original routes, or whether it is a native species genetically differentiated from Southeast Asian populations and even within Japan.
TimJ2009 (talk) 09:15, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: It is undetermined whether the animal is native to Japan or an import

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message: Note to the editors  and  I believe edits referencing Kopi luwak are not appropriate on this page, as they refer to the Asian palm civet not the Masked palm civet. If you have sourced information which states otherwise, please feel free to include it. As far as my understanding goes, this is not the correct civet to add information about Kopi luwak to. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Mxtt.prior (talk) 20:05, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Fully agree that this statement is erroneous. I never read about masked palm civet used for this coffee. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 20:18, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kopi luwak 

message: Emphasize you don't mean three pairs. Also mention where the third one is, on its tail? Jidanni (talk) 03:38, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Three mammae 

message: :The morphological section who has a tag of citation needed do corresponds to the weight ranges given in these articles. 3-4 kg seems the usual weight of adults and 6.2 kg is the biggest individual of this species featured in the 3 studies below (being in Chutipong et al. 2015).
 Basic morphometrics values of adults Paguma larvata geographically
Attribute            	Japan (Kase et al., 2011) (Females; n = 4)	Japan (Kase et al., 2011) (Males; n = 2)	China (Zhou et al., 2014) (Females; n = 17)	China (Zhou et al., 2014) (Males; n = 16)	Thailand (Chutipong et al., 2015) (Females; n = 2)	Thailand (Chutipong et al., 2015) (Males; n = 1)
Weight (kg)          	2.5 - 3.3                                 	2.9 - 3.4                               	4.20                                       	4.24                                     	3.4 - 5.2                                         	6.2
Total Length (cm)    	94.0 - 101.0                              	99.0 - 102.0                            	-                                          	-                                        	-                                                 	-
Head-Body Length (cm)	53.0 - 58.0                               	56.0 - 57.0                             	53.60                                      	53.88                                    	-                                                 	-
Tail Length (cm)     	-                                         	-                                       	47.89                                      	48.68                                    	-                                                 	-
::Gimly24 (talk) 17:12, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Generally... do testing in your sandbox.... - UtherSRG (talk) 18:02, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Gotcha ! Gimly24 (talk) 18:03, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: the query was good... the table is experimenting, per your edit summary... - UtherSRG (talk) 18:22, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some studies on morphology