Definition of Paradoxurus

1. Noun. Palm civets.

Exact synonyms: Genus Paradoxurus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Viverridae, Family Viverrinae, Viverridae, Viverrinae
Member holonyms: Palm Cat, Palm Civet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paradoxurus

Para River
Paracel Islands
Paracelsian
Paracelsianism
Paracelsians
Paracelsist
Paracelsists
Paracelsus
Paracheirodon
Paracheirodon axelrodi
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Paradesi
Paradisaeidae
Paradise
Paradisea liliastrum
Paradoxurus (current term)
Parafilaria multipapillosa
Paragonimus ringeri
Paragonimus westermani
Paraguay
Paraguay tea
Paraguayan
Paraguayan monetary unit
Paraguayans
Paralichthys
Paralichthys dentatus
Paralichthys lethostigmus
Paralipomenon
Paralithodes
Paralithodes camtschatica

Literary usage of Paradoxurus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"Paradoxurus is a misnomer, signifying queer-tailed, which originated in an abnormal twist in the tail of the specimen first described and named by MF Cuvier ..."

2. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"Blanford in his monograph of the genus Paradoxurus (PZS, 1885, p. 780) divided the common toddy cat into two distinct species ; it seems however more in ..."

3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"The Paradoxurus, Fr. Cuv. Has the teeth and most of the characters of the Genets, with •which it was a long time confounded; it is however more stout- ..."

4. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"In these respects, he allows that it agrees with Paradoxurus ; as it does also in the nakedness ol the soles of the feet, and in the union of the toes ..."

5. A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon, John Wright (1831)
"The Javanese Civet...The Genet... The Paradoxurus...The Prehensile Paradoxurus. THE LION. IT has been remarked, that in all hot climates, ..."

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