Brown Palm Civet (Paradoxurus jerdoni) is nocturnal and largely arboreal found around coffee estates. The body color is brown with deep brown or blackish face, and shoulder speckled with buffy-gray.
All the limbs are same color as that of head. The animal weighs around two to four kg and head and body length is 480 to 590 mm. The length of the tail varies between 400 and 535 mm, with the distal end lighter brown to dirty white.
It feeds on birds, rodents, and insects.
The animal can be spotted in Talakaveri Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka.
