🐾Masked palm civet
The masked palm civet, 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.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.
- Body mass
- 4.3 kg
- Body length
- 0.7 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 27 years
Everything we know about the Masked palm civet
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass4.3 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 4.3 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.7 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass31 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan27 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 27 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length8.25 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation81 daysestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2.3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range2.88 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l4.3 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Masked palm civet yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyViverridae
- ›genusPaguma
- ›speciesPaguma larvata
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- genusPaguma
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- genusPaguma
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