Paradoxurus jerdoni Blanford, 1885 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1885:613.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Kodaikanal, on the Paini (or Pulney) hills in the Madura district, Madras Presidency" [India, Tamil Nadu Province, Paini Hills, Kodaikanal; 10°15'N, 77°31'E] .

DISTRIBUTION: S India.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (India); IUCN - Indeterminate.

SYNONYMS: caniscus Pocock, 1933.