~ 275 ~ International Journal of Chemical Studies 2020; SP-8(4): 275-277 P-ISSN: 2349–8528 E-ISSN: 2321–4902 www.chemijournal.com IJCS 2020; SP-8(4): 275-277 © 2020 IJCS Received: 15-05-2020 Accepted: 19-06-2020 J Rajkhowa Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy & Histology, College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati, Assam, India A Deka Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy & Histology, College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati, Assam, India KBD Choudhury Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy & Histology, College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati, Assam, India S Sinha Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy & Histology, College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati, Assam, India Corresponding Author: A Deka Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy & Histology, College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati, Assam, India Gross anatomical study of appendicular skeleton of pelvic region of common palm civet cat ( Paradoxurus hermaphrodites ) J Rajkhowa, A Deka, KBD Choudhury and S Sinha DOI: https://doi.org/10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i4e.10036 Abstract The present study was conducted on one hip bone of Common palm civet cat (Paradoxurus hermaphrodites). The hip bone consisted of three bones viz., ilium, ischium and pubis. Those bones met to form an acetubulm. The ilium was composed of wing and body. The wing of the ilium was expended and it had pelvic surface, and gluteal surface. The body of the ilium took part in the formation of acetabulum. The iliac crest was strongly convex and thick whereas the gluteal surface was smooth and concave. The pelvic surface was consisted of sacral surface and auricular surface. The sacral surface was smooth and the auricular surface was rough. The iliopectinal line was extended from the auricular surface to the iliopubic eminences. Apart from those the ilium contained sacral tuber, cranial and caudal iliac spine, greater ischiatic spine and ventral gluteal line. The ischium was the caudal most bone among those bone and took part in the formation of ischial symphsis as well as acetabulum, and obturator foramen. Apart from those ornament of ischium, it contained lesser ischiatic notch, ischiatic spine and tuber ischii. The lesser ischiatic notch was shallow compared to the greater ischiatic notch. The pubis was smallest bone among those three bones. Tubercle for psoas minor muscle (hypo axial muscle) was observed in the pectin of pubis. Keywords: Gross, anatomy, appendicular, skeleton, pelvic region, common palm civet cat Introduction The common Palm Civet Cat (Paradoxurus hermaphrodites) is distributed throughout the India except Gujarat, Rajasthan and Himalaya. They can be distinguishing by the unpatterned throat and tail. The body colour of the Common Palm Civet Cat varies from cream to brownish-black or even jet black. The dorsum of the animal contains three longitudinal stripes. These stripes are visible on close inspection. They are nocturnal, solitary and arboreal. They are lower risk animal as per the International Union of Conservation of Nature as well as Schedule-II animal as per the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Their population is decrease due to habitat loss and poaching (Menon, 2003) [5] . Since there is merge literature on the gross anatomy of skeleton (hip bone or os coxae) of the pelvic region, being a schedule-II animal of Wildlife, hence the present study was designed to established anatomical norms on this bone. Materials and Methods In the current investigation, the hip bone or os coxa of Pelvic limbs was collected from an adult Common palm civet cat (Paradoxurus hermaphrodites) after death of the animal. The animal was died in road accident in the campus of College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati, Assam, India. After death of the animal was brought to the Department and the hip bone was processed as per the standard method of Young (1980) and gross anatomical studies were made on it. Results and Discussions The present study was conducted on the appendicular skeleton (hip bone or os coxae) of pelvic region of Common Palm Civet Cat (Paradoxurus hermaphrodites). The hip bone was the largest flat bone of the body animal. The hip bone was consisted of three bones viz., ilium, ischium and pubis. These finding was in accordance with the finding of Sisson (1975) [4] in carnivore. The ilium was the largest and cranial most bone among those bones.