| Class
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Mammalia +
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| Common name
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Brown palm civet +
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| Division/Phylum
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Chordata +
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| Family
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Viverridae +
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| Genus
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Paradoxurus +
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| Header caption
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Brown palm civet +
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| Header image
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Brown palm civet.jpg +
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| IUCN status
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Least Concern +
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| Introdescription
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Brown Palm Civet (''Paradoxurus jerdoni'') … Brown Palm Civet (''Paradoxurus jerdoni'') also called the Jerdon's Palm Civet is a civet endemic to the Western Ghats of India. The Brown Palm Civet's distribution extends from the southern tip of Western Ghats in Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve to Castle Rock in Goa to the north. Brown Palm Civet is a solitary, nocturnal small carnivore.
The brown palm civet is a key mammalian seed disperser in the Western Ghats rainforest by being predominantly frugivorous and dispersing a diverse array of plant species. Their large range and presence within several protected areas have led them to be classified as being of low conservation concern.The brown palm civet occurs in fragmented landscapes containing remnants of tropical rainforest amid commercially exploited land patches such as tea and coffee plantations. Their ability to persist in such landscapes depends on the occurrence of a diversity of fruit tree species in these areas (e.g., shade trees in coffee plantations). However, these areas often do not have large mammalian dispersers and birds like hornbills and large pigeons due to habitat loss and hunting. Hence, the brown palm civet gains importance in such human-impacted landscapes as an important disperser and maintains biodiversity. (Source:Wikipedia)maintains biodiversity. (Source:Wikipedia) +
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| Order
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Carnivora +
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| Page creation date
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20 February 2011 +
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| Regnum
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Animalia +
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| Species name
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Paradoxurus jerdoni +
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| User ID
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User:Gauravm +
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| Has queryThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Paradoxurus jerdoni +
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| Categories |
Mammals +
, Civets +
, Species page +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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20 February 2011 22:36:07 +
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