\Par`a*dox"ure\, n. [Gr. ? incredible, paradoxical +
? tail. So called because its tail is unlike that of the
other animals to which it was supposed to be related.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any species of {Paradoxurus}, a genus of Asiatic viverrine
mammals allied to the civet, as the musang, and the luwack or
palm cat ({Paradoxurus hermaphroditus}). See {Musang}.