Viverridae

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 small to medium-sized meat-eating mammals found across Africa, southern Europe, and Asia, containing 33 species organized into 14 different genera. These animals matter because they represent an important and diverse group of carnivorous mammals with a wide geographic range, first formally identified by scientist John Edward Gray in 1821.

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Species

Viverridae

FAMILY

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderCarnivora
FamilyViverridae

Observations recorded90,055

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Research

267 papers

Potential Pathogens Reported in Species of the Family Viverridae and Their Implications for Human and Animal Health.ReviewZoonoses and public health · 2017Wicker LV, Canfield PJ, Higgins DPDOI: 10.1111/zph.12290
[COVID-19: The day after].Journal francais d'ophtalmologie · 2020Baudouin CDOI: 10.1016/j.jfo.2020.04.003
Characteristics of the complete mitochondrial genome of the monotypic genus Arctictis (Family: Viverridae) and its phylogenetic implications.PeerJ · 2019Mitra S, Kunteepuram V, Koepfli KP et al.DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8033
Phylogenetic relationships of the Asian palm civets (Hemigalinae & Paradoxurinae, Viverridae, Carnivora).Molecular phylogenetics and evolution · 2008Patou ML, Debruyne R, Jennings AP et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.03.026
COVID19: an announced pandemic.ReviewCell death & disease · 2020Platto S, Xue T, Carafoli EDOI: 10.1038/s41419-020-02995-9
Comparative Chromosome Painting in Genets (Carnivora, Viverridae, Genetta), the Only Known Feliforms with a Highly Rearranged Karyotype.Cytogenetic and genome research · 2018Adega F, Matoso Silva R, Kjöllerström HJ et al.DOI: 10.1159/000491868
Isolation and characterization of a bat SARS-like coronavirus that uses the ACE2 receptor.Nature · 2013Ge XY, Li JL, Yang XL et al.DOI: 10.1038/nature12711
Leptospirosis in free-ranging endangered European mink (Mustela lutreola) and other small carnivores (Mustelidae, Viverridae) from southwestern France.Journal of wildlife diseases · 2010Moinet M, Fournier-Chambrillon C, André-Fontaine G et al.DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.4.1141

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Image: Genetta genetta felina (Wroclaw zoo).JPG

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Commons category: Viverridae
taxon name: Viverridae
start time: 34000000-0

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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.