Paradoxurinae is a subfamily of the feliform viverrids that was denominated and first described by John Edward Gray in 1864. Pocock subordinated the genera Paradoxurus, Paguma and Arctictis to this subfamily.

Classification Living species Genus Species IUCN Red List status and distributionParadoxurus Asian palm civet (P. hermaphroditus) Golden palm civet (P. zeylonensis) Brown palm civet (P. jerdoni) Arctictis Binturong (A. binturong) Paguma Masked palm civet (P. larvata) Arctogalidia Small-toothed palm civet (A. trivirgata)

Phylogenetic tree The phylogenetic relationships of Paradoxurinae as are shown in the following cladogram:

Extinct genera Kichechia Tugenictis Kanuites Siamictis Mioparadoxurus

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