The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Paradoxure \Par`a*dox"ure\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*d[o^]ks"[-u]r), n. [Gr.
   para`doxos incredible, paradoxical + o'yra` tail. So called
   because its tail is unlike that of the other animals to which
   it was supposed to be related.] (Zool.)
   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.
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