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Viverra zibetha
Linnaeus, 1758
- large Indian civet
(mammal)
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Viverra (Genus) - oriental civets
..Viverra civettina (Species) - Malabar large-spotted civet
..Viverra lutreola (Species)
..Viverra megaspila (Species) - large-spotted civet
..Viverra tangalunga (Species) - Malayan civet
..Viverra zibetha (Species) - large Indian civet
....Viverra zibetha ashtoni (Subspecies)
....Viverra zibetha hainana (Subspecies)
....Viverra zibetha picta (Subspecies)
....Viverra zibetha pruinosus (Subspecies)
....Viverra zibetha zibetha (Subspecies)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name
:
Raj. quadr.: 178.
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 44.
Unavailable original rank
:
Original rank
:
Original generic combination
:
Unavailable subsequent generic combination
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type of
:
Viverra
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
1900
[
new
]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Viverra zibetha zibetha
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds.), 2005
: 2 Apr 2013.
[inferred]
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Viverra ashtoni
Swinhoe, 1864
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Viverra filchneri
Matschie, 1908
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Viverra zibetha picta
Wroughton, 1915
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Viverra zibetha pruinosa
Wroughton, 1915
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Viverra zibetha sagillata
Robinson & Kloss, 1920
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
Indische civetkat
:
Aziatische civetkat
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
large Indian civet
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 559.
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