Golden palm civet
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Viverridae |
| Genus: | Paradoxurus |
| Species: | P. zeylonensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Paradoxurus zeylonensis (Pallas, 1777) |
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The golden palm civet (Paradoxurus zeylonensis) is a civet endemic to Sri Lanka. It is a smallish civet and has a coat that is a golden brown or dark brown in color. The hair on the back of its neck grows reverse grain, from the shoulders toward the head.[3] It is poorly studied, but it is thought to feed on fruits, berries, insects, birds, frogs, and lizards.
[edit] In Culture
In Sri Lanka this animal is called Pani uguduwa, Sapumal kalawaddha or Ranhothambuwa/Hotambuwa by the Sinhala speaking community.[3] However, the term Hotambuwa is mostly used to refer altogether a different species Ruddy Mongoose (Herpestes smithii). Due to similar appearance and coloration, they are mistaken as the same animal.
The golden palm civet and Asian palm civet are sometimes collectively called kalawedda in Sinhala and maram nai in Tamil.[3]
This civet appears in 3 rupee Sri Lankan postal stamp.[4] However, it is named as 'Golden Palm Cat' in the stamp.
[edit] References
- ^ Wozencraft, W. Christopher (16 November 2005). "Order Carnivora (pp. 532-628)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 551. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ^ Muddappa, D., Wozencraft, C., Yonzon, P., Jennings, A. & Veron, G. (2008). Paradoxurus zeylonensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of vulnerable.
- ^ a b c Groves, Colin P.; Channa Rajapaksha And Kelum Manemandra-Arachchi (2009). "The taxonomy of the endemic golden palm civet of Sri Lanka". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155: 238–251. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00451.x.
- ^ Golden Palm Cat Stamp
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