Paradoxurus hermaphroditus

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III (India); IUCN – Vulnerable as P. h. lignicolor, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).

Sumber: Order Carnivora

Distribution: Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippine Isls, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; scattered records in Sulawesi, Moluccas, and Aru Isls, probably resulting from introductions.

Sumber: Order Carnivora

DISTRIBUTION: Sri Lanka and India to S. China, Hainan Isl., and Malaysia; Philippine Isis.; W. Indonesia (incl. Lesser Sunda Isis.).

Sumber: Order Carnivora

Habitat. A wide range of habitats, including evergreen and deciduous forest (primary and secondary), plantations, and around human dwellings and settlements. Found up to 2400 m. In Thailand, one radio-collared male moved through an area that constituted 44 % dry dipterocarp forest, 30 % mixed deciduous forest, and 26 % dry evergreen forest; another male moved within 55 % dry dipterocarp forest, 32 % dry evergreen forest, and 12 % mixed deciduous forest.

Sumber: Viverridae

Movements, Home range and Social organization. Solitary. Mainly arboreal, but can be active on the ground. In Nepal, a radio-collared adult female had a home range of 0 - 12 km? In another study in Nepal, three males had home ranges of 0 - 17, 0 - 17, and 0 - 20 km?, and two females had home ranges of 0 - 06 and 0 - 12 km *. Home ranges were smaller during February and June, when the fruits of Coffea benghalensis and Murraya koeniggii were abundant, and largest in March to May, when ripe fruits were clumped or scarce. There was considerable overlap of home ranges among adjacent civets, but this changed according to food availability; more overlap was observed when ripe fruiting trees were at low density or clumped in distribution. In Thailand, the home ranges of two males were 4 - 2 and 17 km?: a shift in the range of the latter male occurred during the study. Mean daily movements were from 660 m to 1 km. In another study in Thailand, two males had home ranges of 1 - 1 and 3 - 4 km *, and a female had a home range of 1 - 4 km? The mean daily movement was 0 - 43 km for males and 0 - 48 km for the female. Common Palm Civets deposit scats on the ground and on tree branches.

Sumber: Viverridae

Status and Conservation. CITES Appendix III (India). Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. P. h. lignicolor (Mentawai Islands, Indonesia) is classified as Vulnerable. The subspecies kangeanus (Kangean Islands, Indonesia) and P. h. lignicolor are listed as Threatened in the 1989 IUCN Action Plan for the Conservation of Mustelids and Viverrids. Although widespread and generally considered common (even in disturbed habitats), on Borneo, it was found that the overall density of civets (including this species) in a logged forest was found to be significantly lower than in a primary forest. Common Palm Civets are often considered pests by fruit farmers and are killed. They are also trapped and traded for meat. Common Palm civets are kept as pets and used as rat catchers, which may explain why they were introduced to several areas. They may be under threat on the Mentawai Islands due to forest loss from commercial logging. Field surveys and ecological studies are needed to ascertain their distribution and conservation status, particularly on small islands on which they are known to occur.

Sumber: Viverridae