Paradoxurinae is a subfamily of the feliform viverrids that was denominated and first described by John Edward Gray in 1864. Pocock subordinated the genera Paradoxurus, Paguma and Arctictis to this subfamily.

Classification

Living species

GenusSpeciesIUCN Red List status and distribution
Paradoxurus Cuvier, 1822Asian palm civet (P. hermaphroditus) (Pallas, 1777)LC
Golden palm civet (P. zeylonensis) (Pallas, 1778)VU
Brown palm civet (P. jerdoni) Blanford, 1885LC
Arctictis Temminck, 1824Binturong (A. binturong) (Raffles, 1822)VU
Paguma Gray, 1831Masked palm civet (P. larvata) (Smith, 1827)LC
Arctogalidia Merriam, 1897Small-toothed palm civet (A. trivirgata) (Gray, 1832)LC

Phylogenetic tree

The phylogenetic relationships of Paradoxurinae as are shown in the following cladogram:

ParadoxurinaeParadoxurus Paradoxurus zeylonensis (Golden palm civet) Paradoxurus jerdoni (Jerdon's palm civet) Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Asian palm civet) Arctogalidia Arctogalidia trivirgata (Small-toothed palm civet) Paguma Paguma larvata (Masked palm civet) Arctictis Arctictis binturong (Binturong)
Paradoxurus Paradoxurus zeylonensis (Golden palm civet) Paradoxurus jerdoni (Jerdon's palm civet) Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Asian palm civet) Arctogalidia Arctogalidia trivirgata (Small-toothed palm civet) Paguma Paguma larvata (Masked palm civet)
Paradoxurus Paradoxurus zeylonensis (Golden palm civet) Paradoxurus jerdoni (Jerdon's palm civet) Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Asian palm civet) Arctogalidia Arctogalidia trivirgata (Small-toothed palm civet)
ParadoxurusParadoxurus zeylonensis (Golden palm civet) Paradoxurus jerdoni (Jerdon's palm civet) Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Asian palm civet)
Paradoxurus zeylonensis (Golden palm civet) Paradoxurus jerdoni (Jerdon's palm civet)
Paradoxurus zeylonensis (Golden palm civet)
Paradoxurus jerdoni (Jerdon's palm civet)
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Asian palm civet)
ArctogalidiaArctogalidia trivirgata (Small-toothed palm civet)
PagumaPaguma larvata (Masked palm civet)
ArctictisArctictis binturong (Binturong)

Extinct genera

  • Kichechia Savage, 1965
  • Tugenictis Morales & Pickford, 2005
  • Kanuites Dehghani & Werdelin, 2008
  • Siamictis Grohé et al., 2020