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title: "Masked Palm Civet"
description: "Paguma larvata — Mamíferos. The masked palm civet (Paguma larvata), also called the gem-faced civet or Himalayan palm civet, is a viverrid species native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/masked-palm-civet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Masked Palm Civet

> Paguma larvata — Mamíferos. The masked palm civet (Paguma larvata), also called the gem-faced civet or Himalayan palm civet, is a viverrid species native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Paguma larvata*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 2824
- Wikidata: [Q626049](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q626049)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41625](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41625)

## Names

- en: Masked Palm Civet
- de: Larvenroller
- es: Civeta de las Palmeras Enmascarada
- fr: Civette palmiste à masque
- nl: Witsnorpalmroller
- pl: Łaskun chiński

## Countries with the most observations

TW (1211), JP (617), HK (225), CN (153), MY (83), IN (50), TH (33), ID (20), VN (14), PK (7), NP (5), BD (4)

## Summary

The masked palm civet (Paguma larvata), also called the gem-faced civet or Himalayan palm civet, is a viverrid species native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It has been listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List since 2008 as it occurs in many protected areas, is tolerant to some degree of habitat modification, and widely distributed with presumed large populations that are unlikely to be declining.
The genus Paguma was first named and described by John Edward Gray in 1831. All described forms are regarded as a single species.
In 2003, masked palm civets at a wildlife market in China were found to…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Aiken Lau · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/228619821

## Machine access

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