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Viverrids

Viverridae Gray 1821

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Viverridae Gray 1821
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Viverridae
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Viverridae
Recognized by 000_Carnivore Names Test, Egypt Species List, AnAge articles, Fitzpatrick Institute of Ornithology Virtual Museum, VERA, Kissling et al, 2014, Algeria Species List, Andorra Species List, Angola Species List, Benin Species List, Botswana Species List, Brazil Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cambodia Species List, Cameroon Species List, Chad Species List, China Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Ethiopia Species List, France Species List, Gabon Species List, Germany Species List, Ghana Species List, Guinea Species List, India Species List, Italy Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Kenya Species List, Laos Species List, Lesotho Species List, Liberia Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malawi Species List, Malaysia Species List, Mauritania Species List, Morocco Species List, Myanmar Species List, Namibia Species List, Nepal Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Pakistan Species List, Philippines Species List, Portugal Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Sao Tome and Principe Species List, Senegal Species List, Singapore Species List, Slovakia Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sudan Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Togo Species List, Tunisia Species List, Uganda Species List, Vietnam Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, GBIF national node type records UK, United States Species List, and Lovegrove 2014
Viverridae Gray 1821
Family recognized by Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Alternative Names

? derbianus Gray, 1837
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? elegans Matthew & Granger, 1924
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? fasciatus Desmarest, 1823
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? gallica Kerr, 1792
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? gracilis Filhol, 1877
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? hosei Thomas, 1892
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? larvatus Smith, 1827
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? malaccensis Gmelin, 1788
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? musschenbroecki Schlegel, 1879
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? niasensis Lyon, 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? rasse Horsfield, 1824
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? taenionotus Smith, 1835
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? tigrina Schreber, 1776
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? viverroides Schlosser, 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Amblyodon Agassiz 1846
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Euboictis Fejfar & Schmidt-Kittler 1984
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Galecynus Owen 1847
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Genetta G. Cuvier 1816
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ictis Schinz 1827
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Kanuites Dehghani & Werdelin 2008
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Legetetia Schmidt-Kittler 1987
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Martes Wagler 1830
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mioparadoxurus Morales & Pickford 2011
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudictis Schlosser 1887
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudocivetta Petter 1967
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sahelictis Peigné, de Bonis, Mackaye, Likius, Vignaud & Brunet 2008
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tugenictis Morales & Pickford 2005
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Vishnuictis Pilgrim 1932
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Viverridae
Harvest ancestor according to Global Invasive Species Database, Arkive, EOL authors, Animal Diversity Web, Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, Wildfinder (WWF), Pantheria, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, Mozambique Species List, GBIF national node type records Germany, NMNH type specimens, IUCN, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, Paleobiology Database, Flickr Group, CITES, AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Morgan Ernest 2003, Smith et al 2011, Anderson and Wiens 2017, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Viverridae Gray 1821
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors

Common Names

English

"Civets, Genets, and Oyans"
prefer
Recognized by admin
"civets, genets, linsangs, and relatives"
prefer
Recognized by admin
viverrids preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa
civets, genets, linsangs, and relatives preferred
Recognized by Animal Diversity Web

Arabic

زباديات preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Armenian

Մշկաբեշկներ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Viveralar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Belarusian

віверавыя preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
вівэравыя
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names (prefers this name)

Bulgarian

виверови preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Burmese

ဝံပိုင့် preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

Vivèrrid preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

灵猫科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Croatian

Cibetke preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

cibetkovití preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Desmerdyr preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

Civetkatachtigen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Esperanto

Viveredoj preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

tsiibetlased preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Sivettieläimet preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin

Galician

Vivérridos preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Georgian

ვივერისებრნი preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Schleichkatzen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

גחניים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hindi

वाइवेरिडाए preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

cibetmacskafélék preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ido

Civeto preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

ジャコウネコ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and admin

Kazakh

Şubalañ quýrıqtılar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
шұбалаң құйрықтылар preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
شۇبالاڭ قۇيرىقتىلار preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kongo

Nzobo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

사향고양이과 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lao

ວົງເຫງັນ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

viveru dzimta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Viveriniai preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Macedonian

цибетки preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malay

Musang preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malayalam

വിവെരിഡെ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Marathi

ऊदाद्य preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Dlǫ́ʼiitsoh Danilínígíí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

North Frisian

Slikkaater preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

Snikekattfamilien preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
snikekattfamilien preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

گربه زباد preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

wiwerowate preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Portuguese

Viverrídeos preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

виверровые preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Serbian

cibetke preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Shambala

Cibetke preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swahili

Fungo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Viverrider preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Thai

วงศ์ชะมดและอีเห็น preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Turkish

Misk kedisigiller preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Uighur; Uyghur

ئىپار مۈشۈك ئائىلىسى preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

віверові preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Unspecified

smankoleem preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Họ Cầy preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Wu

灵猫科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

زباديات preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azb

ویوئرالار preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pnb

مشکی بلی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Yue

靈貓科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

灵猫科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

灵猫科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

靈貓科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

靈貓科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

靈貓科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Viverridae Gray 1821

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Carnivora
Feliformia
Viverridae Gray 1821 (this page)
Hemigalinae Gray 1865
Paradoxurinae Gray 1865
Prionodontinae Pocock 1933
Viverrinae Gray 1821
Barbourofelidae
Eupleridae
Felidae
Herpestidae
Hyaenidae Gray 1821
Nandiniidae Pocock 1929
Nimravidae
Palaeogalidae
Percrocutidae
Stenoplesictidae

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Carnivora Bowdich 1821
Feliformia Kretzoi 1945
Viverridae Gray 1821 (this page)
Hemigalinae Gray 1865
Paradoxurinae Gray 1865
Prionodontinae Pocock 1933
Viverrinae Gray 1821
Eupleridae Chenu 1850
Felidae Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Herpestidae Bonaparte 1845
Hyaenidae Gray 1821
Nandiniidae Pocock 1929

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Carnivora
Feliformia
Viverridae Gray 1821 (this page)
Hemigalinae Gray 1865
Paradoxurinae Gray 1865
Prionodontinae Pocock 1933
Viverrinae Gray 1821
Barbourofelidae
Eupleridae
Felidae
Herpestidae
Hyaenidae Gray 1821
Nandiniidae Pocock 1929
Nimravidae
Palaeogalidae
Percrocutidae
Stenoplesictidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Carnivora
Feliformia
Viverridae (this page)
Arctictis
Arctogalidia
Chrotogale
Civettictis
Cynogale
Diplogale
Genetta
Hemigalus
Macrogalidia
Paguma
Paradoxurus
Poiana
Prionodon
Viverra
Viverricula
Alagtsavbaatar Egi et al. 2016
Barbourofelidae
Eupleridae
Felidae
Herpestidae
Hyaenidae
Nandiniidae
Nimravidae
Palaeogale Meyer 1846
Palaeogalidae
Percrocutidae
Prionodontidae
Stenoplesictidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Viverridae (this page)
Arctictis Temminck 1824
Arctogalidia Merriam 1897
Chrotogale Thomas 1912
Civettictis Pocock 1915
Cynicitis maccarthiae Gray 1851
Cynogale Gray 1837
Diplogale Thomas 1912
Galadictis fasciata
Genetta G
Hemigalus Jourdan 1837
Ketketictis Morlo, Miller & El-Barkooky 2007
Lophocyon Fejfar & Schmidt-Kittler 1987
Macrogalidia Schwarz 1910
Mioprionodon Schmidt-Kittler 1987
Orangictis Morales, Pickford, Soria & Fraile 2001
Paguma Gray 1831
Palaeoprionodon Filhol 1880
Paradoxurus Cuvier 1821
Poiana Gray 1864
Prionodon Horsfield 1822
Semigenetta Helbing 1927
Sivanasua Pilgrim 1931
Stenogale Schlosser 1887
Stenoplesictis Filhol 1880
Ugandictis Morales, Pickford & Soria 2007
Viverra Linnaeus 1758
Viverricula Hodgson 1838
Adapisoriculidae
Africanictis Morales, Pickford, Soria & Fraile 1998
Ailuridae
Ailuropodidae
Alagtsavbaatar Egi et al. 2016
Alopecocyon Camp & Vanderhoof 1940
Amphicyonidae
Anictis Kretzoi 1945
Arctictidae
Asiavorator Spassov & Lange-Badré 1995
Barbourofelidae
Bassarididae
Canidae
Chaprongictis Peigné, Chaimanee, Yamee, Srisuk, Marandat & Jaeger 2006
Crassidia Heizmann & Kordikova 2000
Cynictidae
Desmatophocidae
Didymictidae
Dormaalocyon Solé, Smith, Coillot, De Bast & Smith 2014
Enaliarctidae
Eupleridae
Felidae
Glibzegdouia Crochet, Peigne & Mahboubi 2001
Haplogale Schlosser 1887
Hemicyonidae
Herpestidae
Hyaenidae
Kolponomus clallamensis
Lycophocyon Tomiya 2011
Megencephalon Osborn, Scott & Speir 1878
Mephitidae
Miacidae
Mustelictis Lange 1969
Mustelidae
Nandiniidae
Nimravidae
Odobenidae
Oligobunidae
Otariidae
Palaeogalidae
Paratriisodon Chow 1959
Percrocutidae
Phocidae
Pinnarctidion Barnes 1979
Procyonidae
Protursus Crusafont-Pairó & Kurten 1976
Ravenictis Fox & Youzwyshyn 1994
Shandgolictis Hunt 1998
Stenoplesictidae
Ursidae
Viretictis de Bonis, Peigne & Hugueney 1999
Viverravidae
Xenogale Allen 1919

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Carnivora Bowdich 1821
Feliformia Kretzoi 1945
Viverridae Gray 1821 (this page)
Hemigalinae Gray 1865
Paradoxurinae Gray 1865
Prionodontinae Pocock 1933
Viverrinae Gray 1821
Eupleridae Chenu 1850
Felidae Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Herpestidae Bonaparte 1845
Hyaenidae Gray 1821
Nandiniidae Pocock 1929

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Viverridae (this page)
Arctictis binturong (Raffles 1821)
Arctogalidia trivirgata (Gray 1832)
Chrotogale owstoni Thomas 1912
Civettictis civetta (Schreber 1776)
Cynogale bennettii Gray 1837
Diplogale hosei (Thomas 1892)
Genetta abyssinica (Rüppell 1836)
Genetta angolensis Bocage 1882
Genetta bourloni Gaubert 2003
Genetta cristata Hayman ex Sanborn 1940
Genetta genetta (Linnaeus 1758)
Genetta johnstoni Pocock 1908
Genetta maculata (Gray 1830)
Genetta pardina I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1832
Genetta piscivora (J. A. Allen 1919)
Genetta poensis Waterhouse 1838
Genetta servalina Pucheran 1855
Genetta thierryi Matschie 1902
Genetta tigrina (Schreber 1776)
Genetta victoriae Thomas 1901
Hemigalus derbyanus (Gray 1837)
Macrogalidia musschenbroekii (Schlegel 1877)
Paguma larvata (C. E. H. Smith 1827)
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Pallas 1777)
Paradoxurus jerdoni Blanford 1885
Paradoxurus zeylonensis (Pallas 1778)
Poiana leightoni Pocock 1908
Poiana richardsonii (Thomson 1842)
Viverra civettina Blyth 1862
Viverra megaspila Blyth 1862
Viverra tangalunga Gray 1832
Viverra zibetha Linnaeus 1758
Viverricula indica (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803)
Ailuridae
Canidae
Eupleridae
Felidae
Herpestidae
Hyaenidae
Mephitidae
Mustelidae
Nandiniidae
Odobenidae
Otariidae
Phocidae
Prionodontidae
Procyonidae
Ursidae

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Carnivora
Feliformia
Viverridae (this page)
Hemigalinae
Paradoxurinae
Prionodontinae
Viverrinae
Eupleridae
Felidae
Herpestidae
Hyaenidae
Nandiniidae

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Exafroplacentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Fereuungulata
Ferae
Carnivora
Feliformia
Viverridae (this page)
Arctogalidiinae
Athylax
Calogale
Cryptoproctinae
Cynicitis
Cynogalinae
Galidictinae
Genettinae
Hemigale
Hemigalinae
Kanuites
Leptoplesictis
Linsanginae
Mangusta
Myonax
Paradoxurinae
Poiana
Stenoplesictinae
Viverrinae
Aeluroida
Aeluroidea
Barbourofelidae
Felidae
Feloidea
Herpestidae
Herpestoidea
Nandiniidae
Nimravidae
Prionodontidae
Stenoplesictidae
Viverroidea
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