Paradoxurus jerdoni

Blanford, 1885

Brown Palm Civet

Also as Jerdon's Palm Civet.
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Location:India, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, ValparaiDate taken:26 December 2013Description:Also as Jerdon's Palm Civet.

Distribution :

S India.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2680

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Infraorder: Aeluroidea
Superfamily: Viverroidea
Family: Viverridae
Subfamily: Paradoxurinae
Tribe: Paradoxurini
Genus: Paradoxurus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Blanford, W.T. 1885-10. Mr. W. T. Blanford exhibited the skull of a Paradoxurus, which he believed to be an undescribed form. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1885(3):612-613.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28697632

Original name as described

Paradoxurus jerdoni

Other common names

Jerdon's Palm Civet

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1888.9.26.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/69692f62-13ae-4f55-8c77-d8f4e6d8a931

Type locality

Tamil Nadu Province, Palni Hills, Kodaikanal, S India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006101

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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: 3 names and synonyms.

Paradoxurus jerdoni

Blanford, 1885

Family

Viverridae

Root name

jerdoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1888.9.26.2

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

at Kodaikanal, on the Palni (or Pulney) hills in the Madura district, Madras Presidency

Type locality

India: Tamil Nadu: 10°15′N, 77°31′E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/69692f62-13ae-4f55-8c77-d8f4e6d8a931

Authority page

613

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28697632

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:254, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:288, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Corbet & Hill (1980:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:269, 270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Wozencraft (1993:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16104/45201757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Paradoxurus jerdoni caniscus

Pocock, 1933

Family

Viverridae

Root name

caniscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.8.22.23

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Virajpet in S. Coorg

Type locality

India: Karnataka.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/aac61ac4-cd39-4676-9b12-bd12b83d4e79

Authority page

865

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48291767

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:288, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Paradoxurus jerdoni jerdoni:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Viverridae

Root name

jerdoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

288

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722589

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:288, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

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