🐾Asian palm civet
The Asian palm civet, also called common palm civet, toddy cat and musang, is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia. Since 2008, it is IUCN Red Listed as least concern as it accommodates to a broad range of habitats. It is widely distributed with large populations that in 2008 were thought unlikely to be declining. It is threatened by poaching for the illegal wildlife trade.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.
- Body mass
- 3.18 kg
- Body length
- 0.62 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 25 years
Everything we know about the Asian palm civet
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass3.18 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3.1 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.62 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass25 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan25 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 25 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length7.69 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.1 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation60 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 60 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3.4AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range4.15 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l3.2 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Asian palm civet yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyViverridae
- ›genusParadoxurus
- ›speciesParadoxurus hermaphroditus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- genusParadoxurus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- genusParadoxurus
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