Jerdon's Palm Civet
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| Paradoxurus jerdoni (Blanford, 1885) |
Jerdon's Palm Civet (Paradoxurus jerdoni) Blanford, 1885, is often called Brown Palm Civet.
This Civet is endemic to Western Ghats, India. It is distributed in the Palni, Nilgiri and Anamalai hills, Travancore and Coorg (Pocock 1939, Corbet & Hill 1992, Mudappa 1998) particularly at an altitude ranging between 500 and 1300 m. It is listed in Schedule II part II of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, Appendix III of CITES, VUB1 2c in IUCN Red List,[1] and VU B1 2bc during CAMP Workshop.[2].
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