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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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    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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    However, omnivorous feliforms also exist, particularly in the family Viverridae. Many feliforms have retractile or semi-retractile claws and many are...
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    "Integrative taxonomy and phylogenetic systematics of the genets (Carnivora, Viverridae, Genetta): a new classification of the most speciose carnivoran genus...
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    the genera Prionodon and Poiana in the tribe Prionodontina, as part of Viverridae. Reginald Innes Pocock initially followed Gray's classification, but the...
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    Feliformia, containing both the family Viverridae, and the superfamily Herpestoidea. Infraorder Viverroidea Family Viverridae (civets and allies) Superfamily...
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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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    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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    Palawan binturong, is a subspecies of the binturong, a mammal in the family Viverridae. It is endemic to the island of Palawan in the Philippines. The Palawan...
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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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    Eupleridae, Felidae, Herpestidae, Hyaenidae, Nandiniidae, Prionodontinae, and Viverridae, and include the cats, the hyenas, the mongooses and the viverrids, among...
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  • musk and civet oil, is the glandular secretion produced by both sexes of Viverridae species. A number of viverrid species secrete civet oil in their perineal...
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    dictionaries as "otter". The two African species belong to the family Viverridae and the two Asiatic species belong to the family Prionodontidae. Formerly...
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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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    (1864). "A revision of the genera and species of viverrine animals (Viverridae), founded on the collection in the British Museum". Proceedings of the...
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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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    "Integrative Taxonomy and Phylogenetic Systematics of the Genets (Carnivora, Viverridae, Genetta): A New Classification of the Most Speciose Carnivoran Genus...
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    and weasels Superfamily Feloidea G. Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 Family Viverridae J. E. Gray, 1821 – civets and mongooses Family Hyaenidae J. E. Gray, 1821...
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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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    Herpestidae (Mongooses) Hyaenidae (Hyenas) Felidae Large family listed below Viverridae Large family listed below Eupleridae Small family listed below...
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    species classified in the mammalian subfamily Viverrinae, in the family Viverridae. There is one genus, Poiana. The name linsang is from Javanese linsang...
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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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    Herpestidae (Mongooses) Hyaenidae (Hyenas) Felidae Large family listed below Viverridae Large family listed below Eupleridae Small family listed below...
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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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    1776), of Djibouti representing a new subspecies (Mammalia, Carnivora, Viverridae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 80 (1/2): 241−246. Petter, G. (1969). "Interpretive...
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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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    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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    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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