Viverridae

Viverridae; Temporal range: Eocene to Recent
	Viverrids, including (top left to bottom right), species of Paradoxurus, Genetta, Paguma and Arctictis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Infraorder:	Aeluroidea
Parvorder:	Viverroidea
Family:	Viverridae; Gray, 1821
Type genus
	Viverra; Linnaeus, 1758
Genera
	Subfamily Genettinae Genetta; Poiana; †Semigenetta; ; Subfamily Hemigalinae Hemigalus; Chrotogale; Cynogale; Diplogale; Macrogalidia; ; Subfamily Paradoxurinae Paradoxurus; Paguma; Arctictis; Arctogalidia; †Kanuites; †Kichechia; †Siamictis; †Tugenictis; ; Subfamily Viverrinae Civettictis; Viverra; Viverricula; ;
	Distribution of living viverrid species

Viverridae is a family of small to medium-sized, feliform mammals. The viverrids (/vaɪˈvɛrɪdz/) comprise 33 species placed in 14 genera. This family was named and first described by John Edward Gray in 1821.^[3] Viverrids occur all over Africa, southern Europe, and South and Southeast Asia, across the Wallace Line.^[4]

Almost all viverrids outside the subfamily Genettinae are commonly called civets, but some civets are not viverrids. Animals of the subfamily Genettinae are known as genets and oyans. The word viverridae comes from the Latin viverra 'ferret', but ferrets are in a different family, the Mustelidae.

^ Cite error: The named reference Gaubert2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Family Viverridae". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 548–559. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ Gray, J. E. (1821). "On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals". London Medical Repository. 15 (1): 296–310.
^ Pocock, R. I. (1939). "Family Viverridae". The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Mammalia. – Volume 1. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 330–332.

[Gaubert2006-1] Cite error: The named reference Gaubert2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[msw3-2] Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Family Viverridae". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 548–559. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[Gray1821-3] Gray, J. E. (1821). "On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals". London Medical Repository. 15 (1): 296–310.

[Pocock1939-4] Pocock, R. I. (1939). "Family Viverridae". The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Mammalia. – Volume 1. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 330–332.

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