Brown palm civet: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Brown palm civet Paradoxurus jerdoni Least concern

Where the brown palm civet lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 131 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mongooses, civets & genets on the world map

Scientific name	Paradoxurus jerdoni
Group	Mongooses, civets & genets
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Viverridae

Where does the brown palm civet live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the brown palm civet in 1 country or territory across Asia.

India

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the brown palm civet endangered?

The brown palm civet’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the brown palm civet?

The brown palm civet (Paradoxurus jerdoni) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Viverridae, genus Paradoxurus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the brown palm civet

The brown palm civet (Paradoxurus jerdoni), also called the Jerdon's palm civet, is a viverrid endemic to the Western Ghats of India.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Brown palm civet (revision 1377024658), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1414665 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).