Paguma

Paguma is a genus of civet in the family Viverridae, established by John Edward Gray in 1831, containing a single species, the masked palm civet (Paguma larvata), native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It ranges from the northern Indian subcontinent, especially the Himalayas, eastward across Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to China, Borneo, Sumatra, Taiwan and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It has grayish to ochraceous fur with black on the head, shoulders and neck and blackish brown on the tail and feet, a white blaze on the forehead, white marks around the eyes extending to the ears, measures 50 to 60 centimeters in body length with a 40 to 50 centimeter tail, weighs 3 to 5 kilograms, and is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/