Viverra

Viverra zibetha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feliformia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia

Familia: Viverridae
Subfamilia: Viverrinae
Genus: Viverra
Species (4): V. civettina – V. megaspila – V. tangalunga – V. zibetha

Name

Viverra Linnaeus, 1758: 43

• Type species: Viverra zibetha Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Sclater (1900: 50).

Synonymy

• Vivera Gray, 1821: 301 [incorrect subsequent spelling]
• Moschothera Pocock, 1933: 441
  • Type species: Viverra civettina Blyth, 1862, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 
• Sclater, W.L. 1900. The Mammals of South Africa. Volume I. Primates, Carnivora and Ungulates. R.H. Porter: London. 324 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Pocock, R.I. 1933. The civet-cats of Asia. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 36(1–2): 423–449. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Corbet, G.B. & Hill, J.E. 1992. The Mammals of the Indomalayan Region: a systematic review. Natural History Museum Puhl: London and Oxford University Press: Oxford. 488 pp. Reference page. 
• Wozencraft, W.C. 2005. Order Carnivora. Pp. 532–628 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

日本語: ジャコウネコ属

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