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    Viverridae is a family of small to medium-sized, feliform mammals. The viverrids (/vaɪˈvɛrɪdz/) comprise 33 species placed in 14 genera. This family was...
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  • Look up poiana or poiană in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Poiana may refer to: Pojana Maggiore (Poiana Maggiore), a town in the province of Vicenza...
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    classified in the mammalian subfamily Viverrinae, in the family Viverridae. There is one genus, Poiana. The name linsang is from Javanese linsang or wlinsang,...
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    the family Viverridae and the two Asiatic species belong to the family Prionodontidae. Formerly, both linsang genera (the African Poiana and the Asian...
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    John Edward Gray placed the genera Prionodon and Poiana in the tribe Prionodontina, as part of Viverridae. Reginald Innes Pocock initially followed Gray's...
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    The Central African oyan (Poiana richardsonii), also called Central African linsang, is a linsang species native to Central Africa. The Central African...
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    suggested that the subfamily Viverrinae should be bifurcated into Genettinae (Poiana and Genetta) and Viverrinae (Civettictis, Viverra, and Viverricula). The...
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    civet applies to over a dozen different species, mostly from the family Viverridae. Most of the species's diversity is found in southeast Asia. Civets do...
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    Viverridae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, composed mainly of the civets and genets. A member of this family is called a viverrid. They...
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    The Viverrinae represent the largest subfamily of the Viverridae comprising three genera, which are subdivided into six species native to Africa and Southeast...
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    "Basicranial anatomy of the living linsangs Prionodon and Poiana (Mammalia, Carnivora, Viverridae), with comments on the early evolution of aeluroid carnivorans"...
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    of Kenya †Genetta plesictoides – Late Pleistocene of Cyprus Genetta and Poiana are estimated to have diverged about 9.5 to 13.3 million years ago. Genetta...
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    contains all of the genet species (genus Genetta) and the oyan species (genus Poiana). The phylogenetic relationships of Genettinae are shown in the following...
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    The West African oyan (Poiana leightoni), also known as the West African linsang, is a linsang species native to the Upper Guinean forests in West Africa...
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    (Genetta) and the enigmatic genet-like taxa Osbornictis, Poiana and Prionodon (Carnivora, Viverridae). Zoologica Scripta 33: 117–129. Gaubert, P., Taylor...
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    certainly the largest of the Viverra species and exceeded in size among the Viverridae family only by African civets and binturongs. Its head-and-body length...
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    are not true cats but are closely related. Together with the Felidae, Viverridae, hyenas and mongooses, they constitute the Feliformia. All members of...
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    (Genetta) and the enigmatic genet-like taxa Osbornictis, Poiana and Prionodon (Carnivora, Viverridae)". Zoologica Scripta. 33 (2): 117–129. doi:10.1111/j...
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    canids and many "dog-like" animals. The feliforms include the Felidae, Viverridae, hyena and mongoose families, the majority of which live in the Old World;...
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    of the South African large-spotted genet Genetta tigrina (Carnivora, Viverridae) in a coastal dune forest". Acta Theriologica. 52 (1): 45–53. doi:10.1007/BF03194198...
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    Herpestidae (Mongooses) Hyaenidae (Hyenas) Felidae Large family listed below Viverridae Large family listed below Eupleridae Small family listed below...
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    Eupleridae, Felidae, Herpestidae, Hyaenidae, Nandiniidae, Prionodontinae, and Viverridae, and include the cats, the hyenas, the mongooses and the viverrids, among...
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    systematics and tempo of evolution of the Viverrinae (Mammalia, Carnivora, Viverridae) within feliformians: implications for faunal exchanges between Asia and...
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    May 2010. Gaubert, P.; Veron, G. (2003). "Exhaustive sample set among Viverridae reveals the sister-group of felids: the linsangs as a case of extreme...
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    Viverridae Herpestoidea...
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    Viverridae Herpestoidea...
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    Bennett originally placed the fossa as a type of civet in the family Viverridae, a classification that long remained popular among taxonomists. Its compact...
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    Lucien Bonaparte in 1845 who considered the mongooses a subfamily of the Viverridae. In 1864, John Edward Gray classified the mongooses into three subfamilies:...
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    Herpestidae (Mongooses) Hyaenidae (Hyenas) Felidae Large family listed below Viverridae Large family listed below Eupleridae Small family listed below...
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    Herpestidae (Mongooses) Hyaenidae (Hyenas) Felidae Large family listed below Viverridae Large family listed below Eupleridae Small family listed below...
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