Viverra is a mammalian genus that was first named and described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 as comprising several species including the large Indian civet...
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Malabar large-spotted civet (redirect from Viverra civettina)
The Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina), also known as the Malabar civet, is a viverrid endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It is listed...
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Large Indian civet (redirect from Viverra zibetha)
The large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha) is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. The global...
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Viverra leakeyi, also known as Leakey's civet or the giant civet, is an extinct species of civet. Its fossils have been found in Africa, from Langebaanweg...
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are known as genets and oyans. The word viverridae comes from the Latin viverra 'ferret', but ferrets are in a different family, the Mustelidae. Viverrids...
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Large-spotted civet (redirect from Viverra megaspila)
The large-spotted civet (Viverra megaspila) is a viverrid native to Southeast Asia that is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Pocock described...
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Malayan civet (redirect from Viverra tangalunga)
The Malayan civet (Viverra tangalunga), also known as the Malay civet and Oriental civet, is a viverrid native to the Malay Peninsula and the islands...
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ympev.2009.05.038. PMID 19520178. Valentini, M.B. & Major, J.D. (1714). "Viverra Indica grysea. Mungos". Museum museorum, oder, Vollständige Schau Bühne...
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described between 1820 and 1992: Viverra bondar by Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest in 1820 was a specimen from Bengal Viverra musanga by Stamford Raffles in 1821...
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Honey badger (redirect from Viverra ratel)
because of its thick skin, strength and ferocious defensive abilities. Viverra capensis was the scientific name used by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber...
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"Beskrifning och teckning pa Viverra felina". Kungliga Swenska Wetenskaps Academiens Handlingar: 165–168. Rüppell, E. (1835). "Viverra abyssinica. Rüppell"....
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than by sight. It is the only living member of the genus Civettictis. Viverra civetta was the scientific name introduced in 1776 by Johann Christian...
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Viverricula indica. Viverra pallida by John Edward Gray in 1831 was a pale civet skin from an inexplicit location in China. Viverra bengalensis by Gray...
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genus Viverra. It was estimated that the Civettictis-Viverra clade diverged from Viverricula around 16.2 Mya; the African civet split from Viverra 12.3...
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including the African civet (Civettictis civetta), large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha), and small Indian civet (Viverricula indica). Most civet is produced...
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(1884). "منگوس मुंगूस muṅgūs, or मंगूस maṅgūs. The Mongoose, or ichneumon, Viverra ichneumon". A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English. London:...
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in 1864. Gray defined the Viverrinae as comprising the genera Proteles, Viverra, Bassaris and Viverricula. He subordinated the genera Genetta and Fossa...
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Indian civet (Viverricula indica) African civet (Civettictis civetta) Viverra Malabar large-spotted civet (V. civettina) Large-spotted civet (V. megaspila)...
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Indian civet (Viverricula indica) African civet (Civettictis civetta) Viverra Malabar large-spotted civet (V. civettina) Large-spotted civet (V. megaspila)...
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needed] A minority of writers use civet to refer only to Civettictis, Viverra and Viverricula civets. However, in more common usage in English, the name...
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was erected by Saint-Hilaire and Cuvier in 1795, with the type species Viverra caudivolvula described by Schreber in 1778 (later identified as a synonym...
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Indian civet (Viverricula indica) African civet (Civettictis civetta) Viverra Malabar large-spotted civet (V. civettina) Large-spotted civet (V. megaspila)...
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small mammals endemic to India such as the Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina). While the status of many of these species is unknown, some...
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three species Subfamily Viverrinae Genus Civettictis: one species Genus Viverra: four species Genus Viverricula: one species The following classification...
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in Annex V of the Habitats and Species Directive of the European Union. Viverra genetta was the scientific name proposed by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. More...
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for up to 7 years in the wild but can live up to 14 years in captivity. Viverra nasua was the scientific name proposed by Carl Linnaeus in 1766 for a red...
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Viverra binotata based on a zoological specimen obtained from a museum in Leiden. In 1843, Gray proposed the genus Nandinia and subordinated Viverra binotata...
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Arctictis means 'bear-weasel', from the Greek arkt- "bear" + iktis "weasel". Viverra binturong was the scientific name proposed by Thomas Stamford Raffles in...
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Indian civet (Viverricula indica) African civet (Civettictis civetta) Viverra Malabar large-spotted civet (V. civettina) Large-spotted civet (V. megaspila)...
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†Stenoplesictis Genus: †Viretictis Parvorder: Viverroidea Family: Viverridae (Viverra and allies) Superfamily: Herpestoidea Family: Eupleridae (Malagasy carnivorans)...
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