The taxonomy of the endemic golden palm civet of Sri Lanka Author Groves, Colin P. Author Rajapaksha, Channa Author Manemandra-Arachchi, Kelum text Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2009 2009-01-31 155 1 238 251 https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00451.x journal article 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00451.x 0024-4082 5444863 PARADOXURUS AUREUS F. CUVIER, 1822 GOLDEN WET- ZONE PALM CIVET Type : mounted skin, no number, in Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle , Paris. The locality on the label is ‘ Ceylan’ ( Sri Lanka ) . Diagnosis: Red-gold to golden brown, with no special markings. Underside a paler gold than upper side, usually sharply set off zone. Skull large, very broad across zygomatic arches, with a wide muzzle, a rather high, rounded braincase, and a wide square occipital crest, with parallel sides. Coronoid process of mandible curved strongly backwards. Distribution: Wet and intermediate zones, submontane zone, and probably cloud forest in the Central Highlands, Namunukula, and the Knuckles Range (Dumbara). There is no evidence so far to separate cloud-forest specimens from those from the wet zone. CR has live-trapped a single individual (a male) of this species, at Kalupahana, in the Knuckles Range.