Authority citation: Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1778. Heft 26. Pp. 441–456 in Schreber, J.C.D. von. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Dritter Theil. Walther, Erlangen.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42529159
Original name as described: Viverra zeylonensis
Nominal names: zeylonensis (Pallas in von Schreber, 1778) | zeilonensis (E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | ceilonensis (Boddaert, 1785) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | zeylanica (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | zeglanica (Link, 1795) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | aureus A. G. Desmarest, 1822 | fuscus Kelaart, 1850 | montanus Kelaart, 1852 [not used as valid] | stenocephalus Groves, Rajapaksha, & Manemandra-Arachchi, 2009
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Carnivora -- Family: Viverridae -- Subfamily: Paradoxurinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: untraced (number not known)
Type locality: Sri Lanka.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Sri Lanka (LKA)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: includes P. aureus, P. montanus, and the recently described P. stenocephalus
Citation: Groves, C. P., Rajapaksha, C., & Manemandra-Arachchi, K. (2009). The taxonomy of the endemic golden palm civet of Sri Lanka. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 155(1), 238-251.|Veron, G., Patou, M.-L., Toth, M., Goonatilake, M., Jennings, A.P. 2015. How many species of Paradoxurus civets are there? New insights from India and Sri Lanka. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. doi: 10.1111/jzs.12085.
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