Macrogalidia musschenbroekii

(Schlegel, 1877)

Sulawesi Palm Civet

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Infraorder: Aeluroidea
Superfamily: Viverroidea
Family: Viverridae
Subfamily: Hemigalinae
Genus: Macrogalidia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Schlegel, H. 1877. Prospectus for museum publication. Annals of the Royal Zoological Museum of the Netherlands at Leyden, pages not numbered.

Original name as described

Paradoxurus musschenbroekii

Other common names

Giant Palm Civet

Type material

RMNH.MAM.32237, RMNH.MAM.32238, RMNH.MAM.32240, RMNH.MAM.32241

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.32237.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.32237.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.32238.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.32238.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.32240.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.32240.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.32241.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.32241.b

Type locality

Menado-Kinilo, Celebes.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006096

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 9 names and synonyms.

Paradoxurus musschenbroekii

Schlegel, 1877

Family

Viverridae

Root name

musschenbroekii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.32237, RMNH.MAM.32238, RMNH.MAM.32240, RMNH.MAM.32241

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Indonesia: Sulawesi: North Sulawesi: 1°22′N, 124°51′E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.32237.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.32237.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.32238.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.32238.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.32240.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.32240.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.32241.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.32241.b

Authority page

[unnumbered]

Authority publication

Notes from the Royal Zoological Museum of the Netherlands at Leyden

Name usages

Schlegel (1878:187, https://books.google.com/books?id=S8pmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69348)
Schlegel (1879:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9630922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69137)

Paradoxurus musschenbroecki:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Viverridae

Root name

musschenbroecki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

255

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423136

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:255, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

[Macrogalidia] musschenbroeki:

E. Schwarz, 1910

Family

Viverridae

Root name

musschenbroeki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

423

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094856

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Schwarz (1910:423, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094856) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10062)
Laurie & Hill (1954:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635679) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)

Macrogalidia musschenbroecki:

Pocock, 1933

Family

Viverridae

Root name

musschenbroecki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

1013

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Pocock (1933:1013) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14070)

Macrogalidia musschenbroekii meridionalis

Hooijer, 1950

Family

Viverridae

Root name

meridionalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Locality: Bola Batoe cave, near Badjo (Barebo district), ca. 20 km S.W. of Watampone in Central Bone, S. Celebes. Age: Holocene.

Type locality

Indonesia: Sulawesi: South Sulawesi.

Authority page

89

Authority publication

Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde

Macrogalidia musschenbroeki musschenbroeki:

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Viverridae

Root name

musschenbroeki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635679

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635679) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)

Macrogalidea musschenbroeki:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Viverridae

Root name

musschenbroeki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

100

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Macrogalidia musschenbroekii:

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Viverridae

Root name

musschenbroekii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

269

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Wozencraft (1993:343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006096) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12592/45198901) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Macrogalidea musschenbroekii:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991

Family

Viverridae

Root name

musschenbroekii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

109

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1991:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

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