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Viverridae
Gray, 1821
- civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
(mammal)
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Viverroidea (Infraorder)
..Eupleridae (Family)
..Herpestidae (Family) - mongooses
..Hyaenidae (Family) - aardwolf and hyenas
..Viverridae (Family) - civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
....Hemigalinae (Subfamily) - palm and otter civets
....†Kanuites (Genus)
....†Legetetia (Genus)
....†Lophocyoninae (Subfamily)
....Paradoxurinae (Subfamily) - palm civets
....†Stenoplesictinae (Subfamily)
....Viverrinae (Subfamily) - civets, genets, linsangs
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(Gray, 1821) Bonaparte, 1845
Original name
:
Gray, 1821:301.
Subsequent rank
:
1845. Bonaparte, 1845
: 3.
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Viverrinae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1821
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Linsanginae
(Subfamily)
Pocock, 1915
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Prionodontinae
(Subfamily)
Pocock, 1933
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Including
:
Herpestidae
(Family)
Bonaparte, 1845
Ref:
[Anonymous], 1995
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
sluipkatachtigen
:
civetkatachtigen
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
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