Sulawesi palm civet
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The Sulawesi palm civet (Macrogalidia musschenbroekii), also known as Sulawesi civet, musang and brown palm civet is a little-known viverrid endemic to Sulawesi. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List due to population decline estimated to have been more than 30% over the last three generations (suspected to be 15 years) inferred from habitat destruction and degradation.[1]
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Sulawesi palm civet | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Viverridae |
Subfamily: | Paradoxurinae |
Genus: | Macrogalidia Schwarz, 1910[2] |
Species: | M. musschenbroekii |
Binomial name | |
Macrogalidia musschenbroekii | |
Sulawesi palm civet range |
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Macrogalidia is a monospecific genus.[4] It is the only carnivoran native to Sulawesi.[5]