Paradoxurus

Taxobox
name = "Paradoxurus"MSW3 Wozencraft | pages = 550-551]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Carnivora
familia = Viverridae
subfamilia = Paradoxurinae
genus = "Paradoxurus"
genus_authority = F.Cuvier, 1821
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "P. hermaphroditus"
* "P. zeylonensis"
* "P. jerdoni"

"Paradoxurus" is a genus of viverrids in one of the civet subfamilies, Paradoxurinae. There are three species, one of which is common over tropical Asia, while the other two are less common and limited in locality:

* Asian Palm Civet ("Paradoxurus hermaphroditus"), India and Southeast Asia
* Golden Palm Civet ("Paradoxurus zeylonensis"), Sri Lanka
* Jerdon's Palm Civet ("Paradoxurus jerdoni"), Western Ghats, India

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