Viverra is a genus of civets, family Viverridae, first formally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 with the large Indian civet designated as type species and later subordinated to the family Viverridae by John Edward Gray in 1821; the genus has a fossil record extending from the Miocene to the present. Four living species are recognized: the large Indian civet, the Malayan civet, the large-spotted civet and the Malabar large-spotted civet, distributed across Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Members are distinguished from other genera in the subfamily Viverrinae by lobes of skin on the third and fourth digits of the fore feet, protecting the retractile claws, and by a long, narrow skull with nearly parallel sides and only a slight waist constriction.
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Taxonomic Rank Member Count Band Era First Appeared Classification
Living or Extinct Connections
Parent Taxon Of
Source Large Indian civet (Wikipedia)
Source Large-spotted civet (Wikipedia)
Source Malabar large-spotted civet (Wikipedia)
Source Malayan civet (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ1762710, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Viverra
Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)View the Source 3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Viverra
Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCountQuote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
"speciesExtantCount": 4
4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Viverra
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)Quote, Taxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
"taxon_name": "Viverra" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 23.04 ... "early_interval": "Aquitanian"
Wikidata: Viverra
Wikidata Q1762710, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Large-spotted civet (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Large-spotted civet, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Large-spotted civet, Lead
The large-spotted civet (Viverra megaspila) is a species of viverrid native to Southeast Asia.
Malabar large-spotted civet (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Malabar large-spotted civet, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Malabar large-spotted civet, Lead
The Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina), also known as the Malabar civet, is a viverrid endemic to the Western Ghats of India.
Malayan civet (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Malayan civet, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Malayan civet, Lead
The Malayan civet (Viverra tangalunga), also known as the Malay civet and Oriental civet, is a viverrid native to the Malay Peninsula and the islands of Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo, the Riau Archipelago, and the Philippines.
Large Indian civet (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Large Indian civet, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Large Indian civet, Lead
The large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha) is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia.
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