Abstract: Article described 17 individual behaviors, 14 social behaviors and copulatory pattern exhibited by masked palm civet (Paguma larvata). Individual be behaviors included extended Lateral reclining, semilateral semiextended reclining，ventral retracted-limb reclining，sitting with buttocks touching the substrate，quadrupedal standing，scats-consuming, hair-licking，scratching，sniffing， marking， oestrus vocalization，male’ s sobbing, penis-licking, genitalia—gnawing by female，consuming copulatory plug；social behaviors consisted of ritualized fighting，female resistance to male attempt to copulate，fighting，snuggling to other individuals，licking hair each other，male sniffing female genitalia and urine．1icking female genitilla，licking hair of heterosexual individual and homosexual mounting．This species had a copulatory pattern with no lock，multipie-intromission，pelvic thrusting．single ejaculation and kept intromission after ejaculation，which belonged to copulatory pattern No 10 in Dewsbury’s and No.9 in Dixson’ s system ．respectively.

Key words: Masked palm civet(Paguma larvata), Behavior in reproductive season, Copulatory pattern

摘要： 描述了果子狸在繁殖期表现出的17种个体行为。14种社群行为和交配模式。个体行为包括侧卧、侧环卧、趴、蹲、静立、双脚站立、食粪、理毛、抓痒、嗅闻、标记、发情叫、雄性呜咽声、舔阴茎、咬阴部、食交配栓；社会行为包括仪式化格斗、雌性对雄性交配的抵抗、打斗、依偎、同性或异性之间彼此舔毛、雄性嗅闻雌性阴部及尿液、舔雌性阴部和错爬胯；交配行为主要在夜间进行，其交配模式为无锁结、（可能）多次插入、插入后抽动、一次性射精并在射精后保持插入状态，分属于dewsbury和dixson分类体系中的第10种和第9种类型。

关键词: 果子狸, 繁殖期行为, 交配模式