BIO PALEMBANICA
Vol 1 No 2 (2024): Bio Palembanica

Photographic Documentation of Rare Enggano Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus enganus (Carnivora: Viverridae)

Muhammad Iqbal (Department of Biology, Universitas Indo Global Mandiri)
Rendra Regen Rais (Conservation and Natural Resource Agency, The Ministry of Environmental and Forestry)
Adi Kuswanto (Department of Forestry Program, Faculty of Agriculture, Bengkulu University)
Guntur Pragustiandi (Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Sriwijaya University)
Agus Susatya (Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture, Bengkulu University)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Dec 2024

Abstract

Enggano Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus enganus is a subspecies of Common Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus that range limited in Enggano Island, Bengkulu Province, Southwest Sumatra. Since a specimen collection on 11 November 1904, the occurence P. hermaphroditus enganus has not ever been reported again. There are two recent observations of P. hermaphroditus enganus in 2011 and 2020. These observations are represent recent records of this rare endemic taxa after 107 years.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

biopalembanica

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Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Immunology & microbiology

Description

Bio Palembanica come from Bio and Palembanica. Bio refer to Biology, and Palembanica. Palembanica come from Latin for Palembang, a location in Southern Sumatra (recently capital city of South Sumatra). Few species are namely with palembanica, such as Intsia palembanica (Fabaceae), Shorea palembanica ...