Sulawesi palm civet
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.
| Sulawesi palm civet | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Viverridae |
| Subfamily: | Paradoxurinae |
| Genus: | Macrogalidia Schwarz, 1910 |
| Species: | M. musschenbroekii |
| Binomial name | |
| Macrogalidia musschenbroekii (Schlegel, 1877) | |
| Sulawesi palm civet range | |
Macrogalidia is a monospecific genus. It is the only carnivoran native to Sulawesi.
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