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Definition of Viverridae

Viverridae
Viverrine Vi*ver"rine, a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Viverrid[ae], or Civet family.

Meaning of Viverridae from wikipedia

- 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...
- are not true cats but are closely related. Together with the Felidae, Viverridae, Nandiniidae, Eupleridae, hyenas and mongooses, they constitute the Feliformia...
- civet applies to over a dozen different species, mostly from the family Viverridae. Most of the species's diversity is found in southeast Asia. Civets do...
- However, omnivorous feliforms also exist, particularly in the family Viverridae. Many feliforms have retractile or semi-retractile claws and many are...
- canids and many "dog-like" animals. The feliforms include the Felidae, Viverridae, hyena, and mongoose families, the majority of which live only in the...
- "Integrative taxonomy and phylogenetic systematics of the genets (Carnivora, Viverridae, Genetta): a new classification of the most speciose carnivoran genus...
- Feliformia, containing both the family Viverridae, and the superfamily Herpestoidea. Infraorder Viverroidea Family Viverridae (civets and allies) Superfamily...
- the genera Prionodon and Poiana in the tribe Prionodontina, as part of Viverridae. Reginald Innes Po**** initially followed Gray's classification, but the...
- The Viverrinae represent the largest subfamily of the Viverridae comprising three genera, which are subdivided into six species native to Africa and Southeast...
- musk and civet oil, is the glandular secretion produced by both ****es of Viverridae species. A number of viverrid species secrete civet oil in their perineal...