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Paradoxurinae

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Paradoxurinae Pocock p. 1012
1991Paradoxurinae Nowak
2004Paradoxurinae Gaubert et al. p. 124
2005Paradoxurinae Wilson and Reeder
2011Paradoxurinae 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)
subfamilyParadoxurinae(Gray 1864)

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.

Subfm. Paradoxurinae Gray 1864
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G. Arctictis Temminck 1824
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Arctictis binturong Raffles 1822 [binturong]
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Invalid names: Ictides ater Cuvier and Geoffroy 1824 [synonym], Paradoxurus albifrons Cuvier 1822 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ictides Cuvier and Geoffroy 1824 [synonym]
Tr. †Kichechini Morales and Pickford 2011
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G. †Kichechia Savage 1965
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†Kichechia savagei Adrian et al. 2018
†Kichechia zamanae Savage 1965
G. Macrogalidia Schwarz 1910 [Celebes palm civet]
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Macrogalidia musschenbroeckii Schlegel 1879 [Celebes palm civet]
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 reevesi Matschie 1908 [synonym]
Invalid names: Paguma larvata vagans Kloss 1919 [synonym], Paguma larvata yunalis Thomas 1921 [synonym]
Tr. Paradoxurini Gray 1864
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G. Arctogalidia Merriam 1897 [small-toothed palm civet]
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Arctogalidia leucotis Horsfield 1851
Arctogalidia trivirgata Gray 1832 [small-toothed palm civet]
Invalid names: Arctogale Gray 1864 [replaced]
G. †Mioparadoxurus Morales and Pickford 2011
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†Mioparadoxurus meini Morales and Pickford 2011
G. Paradoxurus Cuvier 1821
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Invalid names: Paradoxurus typus Cuvier and Geoffroy 1821 [synonym], Viverra nigra Desmarest 1820 [synonym]
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus Pallas 1777 [Asian palm civet]
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Invalid names: Paradoxurus birmanicus Wroughton 1917 [synonym]
Invalid names: Paradoxurus typus sumatranus Fischer 1829 [objective synonym]
Paradoxurus jerdoni Blanford 1885 [Jerdons palm civet]
Paradoxurus zeylonensis Pallas 1777 [golden palm civet]
Tr. †Pseudocivettini Morales and Pickford 2011
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G. †Pseudocivetta Petter 1963
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†Pseudocivetta howelli Morales et al. 2005
†Pseudocivetta ingens Petter 1967
G. †Tugenictis Morales and Picford 2005
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†Tugenictis ngororaensis Morales and Pickford 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoresubf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:10
Source: subf = subfamily, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya Kichechia zamanae (21725 21726 87341 146599) Kichechia zamanae, Kichechia savagei (38060)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Uganda Kichechia zamanae (28441)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya (Northern Frontier District) Kichechia zamanae, Kichechia savagei (122454)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246China (Yunnan) Paradoxurinae indet. (11798)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333India (Himachal Pradesh) Mioparadoxurus meini (220636)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Paradoxurinae indet. (44221 44224)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Pseudocivetta indet. (22221) Pseudocivetta sp. (22222)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Kenya Pseudocivetta sp. (21399)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Pseudocivetta ingens (22596)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Pseudocivetta sp. (21456 21500)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0China (Jiangsu) Paguma larvata (37064)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Pseudocivetta sp. (21414)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vietnam (Lang Son) Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (92781)
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)