Philippines patch musang
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Philippines-Fleckenmusang, location Cagayan de Oro . |
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The Philippines spotted musang ( Paradoxurus philippinensis ) is a species of crawling cat from the genus of the musangs that is widespread in the Philippines , Borneo and the Mentawai Islands west of Sumatra . The common English name is Philippine palm civet .
description
The Philippines spotted musang is very similar to the spotted musang ( Paradoxurus hermaphroditus ), which is widespread from India to mainland Southeast Asia, but is generally darker, often almost blackish. The pattern of the fur, consisting of spots and stripes, is only weakly pronounced in this species. The small white spots on the sides of the nasal mirror typical of other musang gardens are missing. In addition, Paradoxurus philippinensis can be distinguished from other species of musang by its tooth morphology. The fourth premolar (P4) is small, triangular, and has a well-developed anterior and posterior cingulum (a bulge at the base of the tooth) and additional tooth cusps. In addition, Paradoxurus philippinensis has a reduced second molar (M2).
Paradoxurus philippinensis lignicolor ( Miller, 1903 ), the subspecies of the Philippines spotted musang that lives on the Mentawai Islands, is brownish, unstriped and unspotted. The cytochrome b of this subspecies differs by 3.6% from that of the nominate form ( Paradoxurus philippinensis philippinensis ).
distribution
The Philippinen Fleckenmusang lives in the Philippines , Borneo and the Mentawai Islands west of Sumatra . The distribution is noticeably disjoint . Sumatra lies between the Mentawai Islands and Borneo, where the species does not occur. The reasons for their absence on Sumatra could on the one hand be interspecific competition , in which the population of the Philippines spotted musang was displaced by Paradoxurus musangus , but on the other hand could also be the result of a sudden environmental change, e.g. B. caused by the eruption of the Toba super volcano about 74,000 years ago.
Systematics
The Philippines-Fleckenmusang is classified as an independent species within the genus of the Musangs ( Paradoxurus ). The first scientific description comes from Jourdan in 1837, but for a long time it was considered a Paradoxurus hermaphroditus philippinensis as well as the subspecies Paradoxurus philippinensis lignicolor ( Miller, 1903 ), previously Paradoxurus hermaphroditus lignicolor , as a subspecies of the spotted musang ( Paradoxurus hermaphroditus ).
supporting documents
- ↑ a b c d e Géraldine Veron, Marie-Lilith Patou, Mária Tóth, Manori Goonatilake and Andrew P. Jennings. 2014. How Many Species of Paradoxurus Civets are there? New Insights from India and Sri Lanka. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 1-14. doi: 10.1111 / jzs.12085
- ↑ Paradoxurus hermaphroditus philippinensis ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Don E. Wilson , DeeAnn M. Reeder (Eds.): Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic Reference. 2 volumes. 3. Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 .
- ↑ Paradoxurus hermaphroditus lignicolor ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Don E. Wilson , DeeAnn M. Reeder (Eds.): Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic Reference. 2 volumes. 3. Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 .
literature
- Géraldine Veron, Marie-Lilith Patou, Mária Tóth, Manori Goonatilake and Andrew P. Jennings. 2014. How Many Species of Paradoxurus Civets are there? New Insights from India and Sri Lanka. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 1-14. doi: 10.1111 / jzs.12085