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Paguma (masked palm civet)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Taxonomy
Paguma was named by Gray (1831). It is extant. Its type is Gulo larvatus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Paradoxurus by Mivart (1882).

It was assigned to Viverridae by Allen (1929); to Paradoxurinae by Gaubert et al. (2004); and to Paradoxurini by Morales and Pickford (2011).

Species
P. larvata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Paguma Gray
1929Paguma Allen p. 4
2004Paguma Gaubert et al. p. 124
2011Paguma Morales and Pickford

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
—AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyViverridae
subfamilyParadoxurinae(Gray 1864)
genusPagumaGray 1831

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Paguma Gray 1831 [masked palm civet]
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Paguma larvata Smith 1827 [masked palm civet]
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Paguma larvata intrudens Wroughton 1910
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Invalid names: Paguma larvata rivalis Thomas 1921 [synonym], Paguma larvata vagans Kloss 1919 [synonym], Paguma reevesi Matschie 1908 [synonym]
Invalid names: Paguma larvata yunalis Thomas 1921 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: omnivoresubf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 12:02:28
Modified: 2011-04-24 21:02:28
Source: g = genus, subf = subfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Gebo and Rose 1993, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0China (Jiangsu) Paguma larvata (37064)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Guangdong) Paguma larvata (120834)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117China (Guangdong) Paguma larvata (13293)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117China (Hubei) Paguma larvata (92787)