Masked palm civet: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the masked palm civet lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Paguma larvata
Group	Mongooses, civets & genets
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	4 countries
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Viverridae

Where does the masked palm civet live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the masked palm civet in 4 countries and territories across Asia. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Guangdong.

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 masked palm civet endangered?

The masked 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 masked palm civet?

The masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Viverridae, genus Paguma. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the masked palm civet

The masked palm civet (Paguma larvata), also called the gem-faced civet or Himalayan palm civet, is a viverrid species native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It has been listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List since 2008 as it occurs in many protected areas, is tolerant to some degree of habitat modification, and widely distributed with presumed large populations that are unlikely to be declining.

The genus Paguma was first named and described by John Edward Gray in 1831. All described forms are regarded as a single species.

In 2003, masked palm civets at a wildlife market in China were found to have been infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Masked palm civet (revision 1345023335), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q626049 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).