Paradoxurinae

Paradoxurinae
Binturong (Arctictis binturong)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Viverridae
Subfamily: Paradoxurinae
Gray, 1864
Genera

see Classification

Paradoxurinae is a subfamily of the feliform viverrids that was denominated and first described by John Edward Gray in 1864. Pocock subordinated the genera Paradoxurus, Paguma and Arctictis to this subfamily.

Classification

Living species

Genus Species IUCN Red List status and distribution
Paradoxurus Cuvier, 1822 Asian palm civet (P. hermaphroditus) (Pallas, 1777)
LC
Golden palm civet (P. zeylonensis) (Pallas, 1778)
VU
Brown palm civet (P. jerdoni) Blanford, 1885
LC
Arctictis Temminck, 1824 Binturong (A. binturong) (Raffles, 1822)
VU
Paguma Gray, 1831 Masked palm civet (P. larvata) (Smith, 1827)
LC
Arctogalidia Merriam, 1897 Small-toothed palm civet (A. trivirgata) (Gray, 1832)
LC

Phylogenetic tree

The phylogenetic relationships of Paradoxurinae are shown in the following cladogram:

 Paradoxurinae 
 Paradoxurus 

Paradoxurus zeylonensis (Golden palm civet)

Paradoxurus montanus (Sri Lankan brown palm civet)

Paradoxurus stenocephalus (Golden dry-zone palm civet)

Paradoxurus aureus (Golden wet-zone palm civet)

Paradoxurus jerdoni (Jerdon's palm civet)

Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Asian palm civet)

 Arctogalidia 

Arctogalidia trivirgata (Small-toothed palm civet)

 Paguma 

Paguma larvata (Masked palm civet)

 Arctictis 

Arctictis binturong (Binturong)

Extinct genera

  • Kichechia Savage, 1965
  • Tugenictis Morales & Pickford, 2005
  • Kanuites Dehghani & Werdelin, 2008
  • Siamictis Grohé et al., 2020



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