Talk:Golden palm civet
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Merge golden palm civet articles[edit]
To quote from the taxonomy section of this article:
Viverra zeylonensis was the scientific name proposed by Pallas in 1778 for a palm civet specimen from Sri Lanka.[1] It was placed in the genus Paradoxurus by Edward Frederick Kelaart in 1852, who also described a fulvous brown palm civet from the mountains of Sri Lanka. He considered this specimen a variety of the golden palm civet and proposed the scientific name Paradoxurus montanus.[2]
Since zoological specimens exhibit polymorphism, it was suggested to split the golden palm civet into distinct species in 2009:[3]
- the Sri Lankan brown palm civet Paradoxurus montanus
- the golden wet-zone palm civet Paradoxurus aureus
- the golden dry-zone palm civet Paradoxurus stenocephalus
Genetic analysis indicates that specimens of P. montanus, P. aureus and P. stenocephalus share the same haplotype. Because of their low genetic difference, they should neither be considered distinct species nor subspecies, but junior synonyms of the golden palm civet.[4]
As support for the species split was not forthcoming, it is proposed to merge the articles on Paradoxurus montanus, Paradoxurus aureus and Paradoxurus stenocephalus with this article. — Jts1882 | talk 16:04, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
- Agree to merge and then place redirects to THIS page. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 18:35, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
Since nobody objected in the past 5 weeks, I will proceed merging now. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 08:06, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
References
- ^ Pallas, P. S. (1778). "Der Boshond". In Schreber, J. C. D. (ed.). Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Erlangen: Wolfgang Walther. p. 451.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ Kelaart, E.F. (1852). "Paradoxurus zeylanica". Prodromus faunae zeylanicae : being contributions to the zoology of Ceylon. Ceylon: Kelaart, E.F. pp. 39–41.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ Groves, C. P.; Rajapaksha, C.; Manemandra-Arachchi, K. (2009). "The taxonomy of the endemic golden palm civet of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 155: 238–251. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00451.x.
- ^ Veron, G.; Patou, M.-L.; Tóth, M.; Goonatilake, M.; Jennings, A. P. (2015). "How many species of Paradoxurus civets are there? New insights from India and Sri Lanka". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 53 (2): 161–174. doi:10.1111/jzs.12085.