Paradoxurus musanga

Paradoxurus musanga

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viverroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pan-Carnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia Infraordo: Aeluroidea Parvordo: Viverroidea

Familia: Viverridae
Subfamilia: Paradoxurinae
Genus: Paradoxurus
Species: Paradoxurus musanga

Name

Paradoxurus musanga (Raffles, 1821)

• Type locality: “Sumatra”.

Combinations

• Viverra Musanga Raffles, 1821: 252 [original combination]
• Paradoxurus hermaphroditus musanga: Pocock, 1934: 635; Wozencraft, 2005: 551
• Paradoxurus musangus: Veron et al., 2015: 169 [suffix emendation]

Synonyms

• Viverra musanga var. javanica Horsfield, 1824
• Paradoxurus musangus javanicus: Veron et al., 2015: 170

References

Primary references

• Raffles, T.S. 1821. Descriptive Catalogue of a Zoological Collection, made on account of the Honourable East India Company, in the Island of Sumatra and its Vicinity, under the Direction of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Fort Marlborough; with additional Notices illustrative of the Natural History of those Countries. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13 pt. 1: 239–274 BHL; pt. 2: 277–340 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Horsfield, T. "1824" [1821–24]. Zoological researches in Java, and the neighbouring islands. London. hdl: 2027/nyp.33433011575929 BHL Reference page. 
• Pocock, R.I. 1934. The Geographical Races of Paradoxurus and Paguma found to the East of the Bay of Bengal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 104(3):613–684. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1934.tb01654.x.
• Veron, Patou, M.-L., Tóth, M., Goonatilake, M. & Jennings, A.P. 2015. How many species of Paradoxurus civets are there? New insights from India and Sri Lanka. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 53(2): 161–174. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12085.
• Wozencraft, W.C. 2005. Order Carnivora. pp. 532–628. In Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds) Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Third edition. Vol. I. Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Southern Palm Civet