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--> ORDER CARNIVORA
--> SUBORDER FELIFORMIA
--> FAMILY Viverridae
--> SUBFAMILY Viverrinae
GENUS Viverra
| Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 43. | | Type Species: | Viverra zibetha Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation (Sclater, 1900; Melville and Smith, 1987). | | Comments: | Pocock (1933a) placed civettina and megaspila in Moschothera, which was not recognized by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951), Wozencraft (1989b), and Corbet and Hill (1992). Does not include Civettictis; see Kingdon (1977) and Ansell (1978); but also see Coetzee (1977b). |
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