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Species of carnivore
Speciesbox
| name = Hose's palm civet
| image = HemigaleHoseiSmit. jpg
| status = VU
| status system = IUCN3.1
| status ref =
| genus = Diplogale
| parent authority = Thomas, 1912
| species = hosei
| display parents = 2
| authority = (Thomas, 1892)
Hose's palm civet was named after the zoologist Charles Hose by Oldfield Thomas in 1892. Hose collected the first specimen in Sarawak in 1891. What little is known of the species comes primarily from 17 museum specimens worldwide. Only in 1997, the first living specimen was obtained and released after two months. Hose's civet is not kept in captivity anywhere in the world.

The upperparts (from nose to tail tip, including outer surfaces of the four limbs) are dark brown to blackish brown and the underparts (from the chin to the tip of the tail and the inner surface of all four limbs) are white or slightly brownish white. The Hose's civet has a head body length of , a tail of , a hind foot length of and an ear length of ; it is estimated to weigh about and has 40 teeth. Very few field sightings of the species were mainly in lower montane forest and mature mixed dipterocarp forest. A few recent sightings exist, including a capture in Brunei (which was subsequently released) Another camera trap picture taken in Kalimantan may represent this species, but has been the subject of controversy. The highest encounter rate of the species so far has been in the Sela'an Linau Forest Management Unit (FMU), a logging concession in the Upper Baram, Sarawak, where fourteen images of the Hose's civet were obtained between 2004 and 2005 from four different sites in the concession. The few records of Hose's civet from across its range have been mainly from montane forest sites, giving rise to the assumption that it is a montane species. However, it has been recorded at an altitude of only in Brunei and in Batu Song, Sarawak; among mossy boulders and streams. The sole individual ever in captivity ate only meat and fish and not fruit, the preferred diet of all other viverrids in Borneo. Hose's civet may be intolerant to disturbance caused by logging, though whether it is able to persist and/or disperse through forest fragmented by slash and burn fields and logging roads is still unknown. Hunting could increasingly be a threat to the species as population numbers and trends are completely unknown. It is possible that the species could qualify for a higher threat category once more information is available on its ecology and threats. It is considered urgent to promote and conduct further research on this species.

Currently, the basic factors likely to determine the long term future of the Hose's civet, such as population densities, degree of dependency on old growth forest, ranging and dispersal patterns and others, are entirely unknown, making specific conservation measures impossible. No protected area within its range is known to hold a large population, although in Brunei and Sabah, individuals have been recorded in Ulu Temburong National Park and Mount Kinabalu National Park, respectively. In Sarawak, no protected area is known to hold a population of the species. a listing which is completely inferential, based on its highly restricted range and extensive habitat loss (deforestation) and degradation within that range due to logging and conversion to non forest land uses.

The Hose's civet is similar to the banded palm civet (Hemigalus derbyanus). Hose's civet was first described as Hemigalus hosei in 1892 by Oldfield Thomas and it was only in 1912 that he found that the difference in shape of muzzle and teeth, as well as the obvious difference in the pattern of colouration, implied the necessity of distinguishing Diplogale from Hemigalus. Like the Hose's civet, the banded palm civet is strictly nocturnal and more ground dwelling; the distribution of Hose's civet, however, is much more restricted and more confined to higher altitude forest. The large snout and long facial whiskers of Hose's civet is similar to that of the otter civet (Cynogale bennettii). The otter civet is known to be semiaquatic and has webbed feet; it occurs mainly in lowland rain forest.