masked palm civet, gem-faced civet (Paguma larvata) Paradoxurus larvatus
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Paradoxurus larvatus
New Latin name Paguma larvata
Common name Nederlands: Witsnorpalmroller
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The masked palm civet or gem-faced civet (Paguma larvata) is a civet species native to the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The masked palm civet is distributed from the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, especially the Himalayas, ranging eastwards all the way across Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Peninsular Malaysia, China, Thailand and to Vietnam. It is also found on Borneo, Sumatra, Taiwan, and the Andaman and Nicobar islands.