BROWN PALM CIVET
DESCRIPTION: Superficially, it looks like
the Palm Civet without the markings on the face and body, but is more uniformly
chocolate–brown: its head, tail and limbs are darker, the shoulders more buff,
and the flanks greyer. The tail is longer with a pale tip in many. Its neck
hair grows in the opposite direction to the rest of its fur – an adaptation to
deter predators.
BEHAVIOUR: Omnivorous, but mostly frugivorous,
depending on rainforest fruits.
DISTRIBUTION: Western Ghats south of Goa.
P.j. jerdoni in Coorg and northern Western Ghats, and P.j. caniscus reported
from the Nilgiris, and the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Recent
records only from Coorg, Nilgiris, Anamalais, Kalakaad–Mundanthurai and Silent
Valley.
Size: 43–62 cm
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
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