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title: "Zuid-Indiase palmroller"
description: "Paradoxurus jerdoni — Zoogdieren. The brown palm civet (Paradoxurus jerdoni), also called the Jerdon's palm civet, is a viverrid endemic to the Western Ghats of India."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/brown-palm-civet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zuid-Indiase palmroller

> Paradoxurus jerdoni — Zoogdieren. The brown palm civet (Paradoxurus jerdoni), also called the Jerdon's palm civet, is a viverrid endemic to the Western Ghats of India.

- Scientific name: *Paradoxurus jerdoni*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 63
- Wikidata: [Q1414665](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1414665)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41587](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41587)

## Names

- en: Brown Palm Civet
- de: Südindischer Musang
- es: Civeta de Palmera de Jerdon
- fr: Civette palmiste de Jerdon
- nl: Zuid-Indiase palmroller
- pl: Łaskun Jerdona

## Countries with the most observations

IN (53)

## Summary

The brown palm civet (Paradoxurus jerdoni), also called the Jerdon's palm civet, is a viverrid endemic to the Western Ghats of India.

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

## Photo

![Zuid-Indiase palmroller](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-palm-civet/medium.jpg)

Photo: S.MORE · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67142746

## Machine access

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