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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Viverridae
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCarnivora
- FamilyViverridae
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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.