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title: "Small-toothed Palm Civet"
description: "Arctogalidia trivirgata — Mammals. The small-toothed palm civet (Arctogalidia trivirgata), also known as the three-striped palm civet, is a viverrid native to dense forests from Northeast India to mainland Southeast Asia and the islands of Borneo, Sumatra and Java."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/small-toothed-palm-civet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Small-toothed Palm Civet

> Arctogalidia trivirgata — Mammals. The small-toothed palm civet (Arctogalidia trivirgata), also known as the three-striped palm civet, is a viverrid native to dense forests from Northeast India to mainland Southeast Asia and the islands of Borneo, Sumatra and Java.

- Scientific name: *Arctogalidia trivirgata*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 562
- Wikidata: [Q842805](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q842805)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41602](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41602)

## Names

- en: Small-toothed Palm Civet
- de: Streifenroller
- es: Civeta de dientes pequeños
- fr: Civette palmiste à trois bandes
- nl: Driestrepige palmroller
- pl: Łaskun trójpręgi

## Countries with the most observations

MY (382), ID (62), TH (58), SG (15), VN (7), BN (3)

## Summary

The small-toothed palm civet (Arctogalidia trivirgata), also known as the three-striped palm civet, is a viverrid native to dense forests from Northeast India to mainland Southeast Asia and the islands of Borneo, Sumatra and Java.
A monotypic genus, Arctogalidia means 'bear-weasel' (from ancient Greek arkto- 'bear' + galidia 'little weasel'). The specific epithet trivirgata means 'three-striped' in Latin.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/229870261

## Machine access

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