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Large Terrestrial Civets
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Large Terrestrial Civets

Viverrinae

The Viverrinae represent the largest subfamily within the Viverridae comprising five genera, which are subdivided into 22 species native to Africa and Southeast Asia. This subfamily was denominated and first described by John Edward Gray in 1864.

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3 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 6 known species

African Civets

genusCivettictis

Small Indian Civets

genusViverricula

Large Asian Civets

genusViverra

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 846220.