Arctictis Temminck 1824 (civet)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Synonym: Ictides Cuvier and Geoffroy 1824

Parent taxon: Paradoxurinae according to R. I. Pocock 1933

See also Gebo and Rose 1993, Gray 1825, Mivart 1882 and Morales and Pickford 2011

Sister taxa: Kichechini, Macrogalidia, Paguma, Paradoxurini, Paradoxurus, Pseudocivettini

Subtaxa: Arctictis binturong Arctictis niasensis

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Arctictis in the database

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