Subfamily Paradoxurinae Gray 1864 (civet)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Alternative spelling: Paradoxurina

Parent taxon: Viverridae according to P. Gaubert et al. 2004

See also Morales and Pickford 2011, Nowak 1991, Pocock 1933 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Africanictis, Arctogalidiinae, Cryptoproctinae, Cynogalinae, Euboictis, Galidictinae, Genettinae, Hemigalinae, Herpestina, Hyaenina, Kanuites, Ketketictis, Leptoplesictis, Lophocyoninae, Megaviverra, Mioprionodon, Prionodontinae, Progenetta, Sahelictis, Vishnuictis, Viverrinae

Subtaxa: Arctictis Kichechini Macrogalidia Paguma Paradoxurini Paradoxurus Pseudocivettini

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (8 collections), Kenya (3), Laos (1), Tanzania (1), Vietnam (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Kenya (1)

• Pliocene of South Africa (2)

• Miocene of China (3), India (1), Kenya (7), Uganda (1)

Total: 29 collections including 31 occurrences

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