Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Viverrinae according to P. Gaubert et al. 2004
See also Allen 1929, Carroll 1988, Geraads 1997, Gray 1825, Hendey 1974, Kurten 1968, Linnaeus 1758, Mivart 1882, Werdelin and Peigne 2010 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Civettictis, Orangictis, Semigenetta, Viverricula
Subtaxa: Viverra civettina Viverra leakeyi Viverra megaspila Viverra tangalunga Viverra zibetha
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (5 collections), South Africa (1), Vietnam (1)
• Pliocene of China (1), Ethiopia (2), India (1), Morocco (1), South Africa (3), Tanzania (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), South Africa (1)
• Miocene of China (3), France (1), India (1), Kenya (2), Libya (1), Saudi Arabia (1)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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