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title: "Northern Palm Civet"
description: "Paradoxurus hermaphroditus — Mammals. The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called common palm civet, toddy cat and musang, is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/northern-palm-civet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Palm Civet

> Paradoxurus hermaphroditus — Mammals. The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called common palm civet, toddy cat and musang, is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Paradoxurus hermaphroditus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 912
- Wikidata: [Q18764](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18764)
- iNaturalist taxon: [925714](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/925714)

## Names

- en: Northern Palm Civet
- de: Fleckenmusang
- es: Civeta de las palmeras
- fr: Civette hermaphrodite
- nl: Loewak
- pl: Łaskun muzang

## Countries with the most observations

IN (505), LK (53), TH (42), CN (32), VN (10), BD (9), NP (9), PK (9), MM (5), KH (4)

## Summary

The Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called common palm civet, toddy cat and musang, is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia. Since 2008, it is IUCN Red Listed as least concern as it accommodates to a broad range of habitats. It is widely distributed with large populations that in 2008 were thought unlikely to be declining. It is threatened by poaching for the illegal wildlife trade.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_palm_civet

## Photo

![Northern Palm Civet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-palm-civet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Logan Stecker · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/293043121

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-palm-civet?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).