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title: "Philippine Palm Civet"
description: "Paradoxurus philippinensis — Zoogdieren. Paradoxurus is a genus of three palm civets within the viverrid family that was denominated and first described by Frédéric Cuvier in 1822."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/philippine-palm-civet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Philippine Palm Civet

> Paradoxurus philippinensis — Zoogdieren. Paradoxurus is a genus of three palm civets within the viverrid family that was denominated and first described by Frédéric Cuvier in 1822.

- Scientific name: *Paradoxurus philippinensis*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 545
- Wikidata: [Q18923190](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18923190)
- iNaturalist taxon: [976115](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/976115)

## Names

- en: Philippine Palm Civet
- de: Philippinischer Fleckenmusang
- es: Civeta filipina de las palmeras
- fr: Civette des Philippines

## Countries with the most observations

MY (352), PH (146), ID (11), BN (3)

## Summary

Paradoxurus is a genus of three palm civets within the viverrid family that was denominated and first described by Frédéric Cuvier in 1822.
The Paradoxurus species have a broad head, a narrow muzzle with a large rhinarium that is deeply sulcate in the middle. Their large ears are rounded at the tip. The tail is nearly as long as the head and body.
The three species are the Asian palm civet, the Golden palm civet, and the Brown palm civet.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329994723

## Machine access

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