The Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also known as the Common Palm Civet or the Toddy Cat, is a cat-sized mammal in the family Viverridae native to south-east Asia and southern China. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1570x846, 409 KB) Original caption: Malaiischer Palmenroller, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus Schreb. ... The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. ... Image File history File links Status_iucn2. ... Least Concern (LC) is an IUCN category assigned to species or lower taxa which do not qualify for any other category. ... The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List and Red Data List), created in 1963, is the worlds most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species and can be found here. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Animalia redirects here. ... Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... Subclasses Subclass Allotheria* Order Docodonta (extinct) Order Multituberculata (extinct) Order Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Order Triconodonta (extinct) Order Volaticotheria (extinct) Subclass Prototheria Order Monotremata Subclass Theria Infraclass Trituberculata (extinct) Infraclass Metatheria Infraclass Eutheria Mammals are a class of vertebrate animals characterized by the production of milk in females for the nourishment of... Families 17, See classification The diverse order Carnivora (IPA: or IPA: ; from Latin carō (stem carn-) flesh, + vorāre to devour) includes over 260 placental mammals. ... Subfamilies Cryptoproctinae Euplerinae Hemigalinae Paradoxurinae Viverrinae The 35 species of civet, genet and linsang make up the family Viverridae. ... Species Paradoxurus hermaphroditus Paradoxurus zeylonensis Paradoxurus jerdoni Paradoxurus is a genus of civets in one of the palm civet subfamilies, Paradoxurinae. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Peter Simon Pallas (September 22, 1741 - September 8, 1811) was a German-born Russian zoologist. ... Binomial name Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Felis lybica invalid junior synonym The cat (or domestic cat, house cat) is a small carnivorous mammal. ... Subclasses Subclass Allotheria* Order Docodonta (extinct) Order Multituberculata (extinct) Order Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Order Triconodonta (extinct) Order Volaticotheria (extinct) Subclass Prototheria Order Monotremata Subclass Theria Infraclass Trituberculata (extinct) Infraclass Metatheria Infraclass Eutheria Mammals are a class of vertebrate animals characterized by the production of milk in females for the nourishment of... Subfamilies Cryptoproctinae Euplerinae Hemigalinae Paradoxurinae Viverrinae The 35 species of civet, genet and linsang make up the family Viverridae. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ...

The Asian Palm Civet is a nocturnal omnivore. Its primary food source is fruit such as chiku, mango, and rambutan. It also has a fondness for palm flower sap, which when fermented, becomes toddy, a sweet liquor. It inhabits forests, parks and suburban gardens with mature fruit trees, fig trees and undisturbed vegetation. Its species name comes from the fact that both sexes have scent glands underneath the tail that resemble testicles. It can spray a noxious secretion from these glands. Its sharp claws allow it to climb trees and house gutters. A nocturnal animal is one that sleeps during the day and is active at night - the opposite of the human (diurnal) schedule. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Fruit (disambiguation). ... Genera See text. ... Species About 35 species, including: Mangifera altissima Mangifera applanata Mangifera caesia Mangifera camptosperma Mangifera casturi Mangifera decandra Mangifera foetida Mangifera gedebe Mangifera griffithii Mangifera indica Mangifera kemanga Mangifera laurina Mangifera longipes Mangifera macrocarpa Mangifera mekongensis Mangifera odorata Mangifera pajang Mangifera pentandra Mangifera persiciformis Mangifera quadrifida Mangifera siamensis Mangifera similis Mangifera... Binomial name Nephelium lappaceum L. The Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum) is a medium-sized tropical tree in the family Sapindaceae, native to southeast Asia, and the fruit of this tree. ... Species See text. ... Tapping palm wine in Democratic Republic of Congo Palm wine, also called palm toddy or simply toddy, is an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm tree. ... The testicles, or testes from latin coi (singular testis), are the male generative glands in animals. ...

Chelonia suggests that the SARS virus entered the human population from palm civets captured in the wild and improperly prepared for human consumption. See also: Progress of the SARS outbreak and Severe acute respiratory syndrome. ...

In Sri Lanka, the palm civet is known as "Uguduwa" by the Sinhala speaking community. In most parts of the island, Uguduwa becomes a menace to the people due to fact that they litter in ceilings and attics of common households, and then make loud noises at night disturbing the sleep of the inhabitants of the house (noises are mostly due to their movements and fights). Sinhala or Sinhalese (සිංහල, ISO 15919: , IPA: [], earlier referred to as Singhalese) is the mother tongue of the Sinhalese, the largest ethnic group of Sri Lanka. ...

Singh (1982) lists stomach contents of a male common palm civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (called, ‘Salia Patani.' in Oriya) caught from the wild at Tikerpada beside River Mahanadi in Satkoshia Gorge Sanctuary, Orissa. The male, presumed to be one of a courting pair, caught on 31st March 1979, was 120cm in total body length, (snout-vent 74 cm, tail 46 cm), maximum girth 20 cm and weight 2.950 kg. The stomach contained the following: (1) Seeds of Kendu' fruits (Diospyros melanoxylon):7 nos. (from at least two fruits) ; (2) some fleshy white root: 3 pieces, each app. 1 cm cube; (3) Eublepharis hardwickii (gecko) : -1 no., 5 cm long; (4) portions of 2 scorpions, 15cm and 8 cm long; (5) centipedes: 2 nos. (portions of a small and a large specimen) ; (6) Viper snake: 1 no., 40 cm TBL, 36 cm SV ; (7) Typhlops: 3 nos., 14.5, 7.5 and 7.0 cm length; and (8) cockroach: 1 no., complete wings and only portions of abdomen exoskeleton found. The intestine was without digested food. In the distal parts it was partially filled with excreta with portions of a tape worm. The pancreas indicated some nematode infestation.

Singh (1982) quotes Netra (a Munda tribal-head working at the Crocodile Conservation Project) that the oil extracted from small pieces of the meat kept in linseed oil in a closed earthen pot and regularly sunned is used indigenously as a cure for scabies. 'A dried piece of the testis heated with ghee from cow's milk, when cooled can be used as a medicine for a type of lips and tongue disease (in Orissa called: Aliti gha’) seen in children less than a year old. The same product also cures skin sores due to contact with the poisonous urine (?) of spiders'.

Kopi Luwak is coffee that is prepared using coffee cherries that have been eaten by the animal, partially digested, and harvested from its feces. Kopi Luwak or Civet coffee is coffee made from coffee cherries which have been eaten by and passed through the digestive tract of the Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). ... A cup of coffee Workers sorting and pulping coffee beans in Guatemala Coffee is a widely consumed beverage prepared from the roasted seeds — commonly referred to as beans — of the coffee plant. ... Species Coffea arabica - Arabica Coffee Coffea benghalensis - Bengal coffee Coffea canephora - Robusta coffee Coffea congensis - Congo coffee Coffea excelsa - Liberian coffee Coffea gallienii Coffea bonnieri Coffea mogeneti Coffea liberica - Liberian coffee Coffea stenophylla - Sierra Leonian coffee Coffea (coffee) is a genus of ten species of flowering plants in the family...

This species lives in a habitat that is fast diminishing.

References

<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/laksingh33/index.html"> Singh, L. A. K. </A>(1982): Stomach Contents of a Common Palm Civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Pallas). J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 79 (2): 403-404. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List and Red Data List), created in 1963, is the worlds most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species and can be found here. ... The World Conservation Union or International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ...

External links

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