Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Pallas, 1777) . In Schreber, Die Säugethiere, 3(25):426, [1777].

TYPE LOCALITY: Uncertain. "Das Vaterland des beschreibenen Thieres ist die Barbarey" .

DISTRIBUTION: Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippine Isis, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; scattered records in Sulawesi, Moluccas, and Aru Isis, probably resulting from introductions.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (India); IUCN - Endangered as P. lignicolor .

SYNONYMS: baritensis Lönnberg, 1925; birmanicus Wroughton, 1917; bondar Desmarest, 1820; brunneipes Miller, 1906; canescens Lyon, 1907; canus Miller, 1913; celebensis Schwarz, 1911; cochinensis Schwarz, 1911; crassiceps Pucheran, 1855; crossi Gray, 1832; dubius Gray, 1832; exitus Schwarz, 1911; felinus Wagner, 1841; fossa Marsden, 1811; fuliginosus Gray, 1832; fuscus Miller, 1913; hamiltonii Gray, 1832; hanieli Schwarz, 1912; hirsutus Hodgson, 1836; javanica Horsfield, 1824; kangeanus Thomas, 1910; kutensis Chasen and Kloss, 1916; laneus Pocock, 1934; laotum Gyldenstolpe, 1917; lehmanni Mertens, 1929; leucopus Ogilby, 1829; lignicolor Miller, 1903; macrodus Gray, 1865; milleri Kloss, 1908; minax Thomas, 1909; minor Bonhote, 1903; musanga Raffles, 1822; musangoides Gray, 1837; nictitatans Taylor, 1891; niger Blanford, 1885; nigra Desmarest, 1820; nigrifrons Gray, 1843; padangus Lyon, 1908; pallasii Gray, 1832; pallens Miller, 1913; parvus Miller, 1913; pennantii Gray, 1832; philippinensis F. G. Cuvier, 1837; prehensilis Desmarest, 1820; pugnax Miller, 1913; pulcher Miller, 1913; quadriscriptus Horsfield, 1855; ravus Miller, 1913; rindjanicus Mertens, 1929; robustus Miller, 1906; rubidus Blyth, 1858; sabanus Thomas, 1909; sacer Miller, 1913; scindiae Pocock, 1934; senex Miller, 1913; setosus Jacquinot and Pucheran, 1853; siberu Chasen and Kloss, 1927; simplex Miller, 1913; strictis Horsfield, 1855; sumatrensis Fischer, 1829; sumbanus Schwarz, 1910; torvus Thomas, 1909; typus F. G. Cuvier and E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1821; vellerosus Pocock, 1934; vicinus Schwarz, 1910.