Male common palm civets have much larger ranges than females.
Generally, Asian palm civets remain in forested areas during the majority of their life in a typical area ranging from 1.4 to 50 square kilometers. Throughout the night, they travel several hundred meters, with a mean distance of 215 meters, mostly in the search of food.
Several studies on the range and movement habits of Asian palm civets have used radio-tracking collars. They found that males have much larger ranges than females, at 17 square kilometers and 2 square kilometers, respectively.
Sources: (Duckworth, et al., 2016; Grassman, 1998; Nelson, 2013; Rabinowitz, 1991)
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