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Viverridae

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Also known as civets, genets, viverrids

Viverridae is a family of small to medium-sized feliform mammals, comprising 14 genera with 33 species. This family was named and first described by John Edward Gray in 1821. Viverrids occur all over Africa, in southern Europe, and in South and Southeast Asia on both sides of the Wallace Line.

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Viverridae is a family of mammals within the order Carnivora. It belongs to the class Mammalia, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The family is classified under the suborder Feliformia. Its taxonomic type is *Viverra*, and the name was established by Gray in 1821. The taxon is currently accepted.

The family originated about 34 million years ago. Records of Viverridae are held by institutions including NHMUK, UCM, CLO, AMNH, and UCMP. These records are located in the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Kenya, and Mexico.

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Species

Viverridae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderCarnivora
  5. FamilyViverridae
Observations recorded90,055

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
34
With media
2
Family
Viverridae
Collections
NHMUK, UCM, CLO, AMNH, UCMP, CMN
Recorded in
United Kingdom, France, United States, Kenya, Mexico, South Africa, India, Nepal
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Research

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Feliformia
Image
Genetta genetta felina (Wroclaw zoo).JPG
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Commons category
Viverridae
taxon rank
family
taxon name
Viverridae
topic's main category
Category:Viverrids
start time
34000000-0
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Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
taxonomic type
Viverra
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Classification
  • Living species
  • Phylogeny
  • Extinct species
  • See also
  • References
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Viverridae is a family of small to medium-sized feliform mammals, comprising 14 genera with 33 species. This family was named and first described by John Edward Gray in 1821. Viverrids occur all over Africa, in southern Europe, and in South and Southeast Asia on both sides of the Wallace Line.

The species of the subfamily Genettinae are known as genets and oyans. The viverrids of the subfamily Viverrinae are commonly called civets; the Paradoxurinae and most Hemigalinae species are called palm civets.

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