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Viverridae
Gray, 1821
- civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
(mammal)
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Entity:
Viverroidea (Infraorder)
..Eupleridae (Family)
..Herpestidae (Family) - mongooses
..Hyaenidae (Family) - aardwolf and hyenas
..Viverridae (Family) - civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
....Hemigalinae (Subfamily) - palm and otter civets
....†Kanuites (Genus)
....†Legetetia (Genus)
....†Lophocyoninae (Subfamily)
....Paradoxurinae (Subfamily) - palm civets
....†Stenoplesictinae (Subfamily)
....Viverrinae (Subfamily) - civets, genets, linsangs
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Chordata
-
(Class)
Mammalia
-
(Order)
Carnivora
Subsequent positions
Feliformia
(Suborder)
Kretzoi, 1945
Original entries
Questionably
Cryptoproctinae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1865
Questionably
Euplerinae
(Subfamily)
Chenu, 1850
Questionably
†
Legetetia
(Genus)
Schmidt-Kittler, 1987
Questionably
†
Lophocyoninae
(Subfamily)
Fejfar & Schmidt-Kittler, 1987
Questionably
Nandiniinae
(Subfamily)
(Pocock, 1929) Gregory & Hellman, 1939
Questionably
Paradoxurinae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1865
Questionably
†
Stenoplesictinae
(Subfamily)
Schlosser, 1923
Questionably
Viverrinae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1821
Subsequent entries
Questionably
†
Kanuites
(Genus)
Dehghani & Werdelin, 2008
Ref:
Dehghani, R. & Werdelin, L. 2008: 234 ("?").
Current position
Viverroidea
(Infraorder)
"Gray, 1821"
Ref:
C.J. Burgin et al., 2020
: table 2 (p. 27); Upham et al., 2019: Data S3.
Alternative positions
Aeluroidea
(Infraorder)
Flower, 1869
Ref:
M.J. Benton, 2015
: 445; Flynn et al., 2005: fig. 5.
Aeluroidea
(Superfamily)
Flower, 1869
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: App. (p. 633).
Carnivora
(Order)
Bowdich, 1821
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 1993
: 340.
Feliforma
(Suborder)
Ref:
A.F. DeBlase, 1982
: 1043.
Feliformia
(Suborder)
Kretzoi, 1945
Ref:
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011
: 59.
Feloidea
(Superfamily)
Batsch, 1788
Ref:
B. Gardiner et al., 1989
: 304.
Historical positions
Viverroidea
(Infraorder)
"Gray, 1821"
Ref:
C.J. Burgin et al., 2020
: table 2 (p. 27).
Aeluroidea
(Infraorder)
Flower, 1869
Ref:
M.J. Benton, 2015
: 445.
Feliformia
(Suborder)
Kretzoi, 1945
Ref:
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011
: 59.
Aeluroidea
(Infraorder)
Flower, 1869
Ref:
M.J. Benton, 2005
: 402.
Feliformia
(Suborder)
Kretzoi, 1945
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 548-549.
Feliformia
(Suborder)
Kretzoi, 1945
Ref:
A. Turner, 1997
Feliformia
(Suborder)
Kretzoi, 1945
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 235.
Carnivora
(Order)
Bowdich, 1821
Ref:
1995
Carnivora
(Order)
Bowdich, 1821
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 1993
: 340; 6.
Carnivora
(Order)
Bowdich, 1821
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
: 108.
Feloidea
(Superfamily)
Batsch, 1788
Ref:
B. Gardiner et al., 1989
: 304.
Aeluroidea
(Superfamily)
Flower, 1869
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: App. (p. 633).
Feliforma
(Suborder)
Ref:
A.F. DeBlase, 1982
: 1043.
Fissipedia
(Suborder)
(Blumenbach, 1791)
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Herpestoidea
(Superfamily)
Ref:
B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Number of Subtaxa
2026
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
14g;33s;114ss; †13g
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
: 20 Feb 2022
[14g;33s;114ss; †13g]
2011
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder
: 59
14g;34s
2005
W.C. Wozencraft
: 559
[15g;35s;119ss]
1997
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell
[19g; †13g]
1993
W.C. Wozencraft
20g;34s
1991
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill
[18g];~35s
1982
A.F. DeBlase
6sf;35g;72s
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28 Aug 2026