Tribe Herpestina Bonaparte 1850 (civet)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Full reference: C.-L. Bonaparte. 1850. Conspectus Systematis Mastozoologiae. Editio Altera Reformata [Survey of the system of mammals. Second revised edition]. E. J. Brill, Leyden 1
Parent taxon: Viverridae according to C.-L. Bonaparte 1850
Sister taxa: Africanictis, Arctogalidiinae, Cryptoproctinae, Cynogalinae, Euboictis, Galidictinae, Genettinae, Hemigalinae, Hyaenina, Kanuites, Ketketictis, Leptoplesictis, Lophocyoninae, Megaviverra, Mioprionodon, Paradoxurinae, Prionodontinae, Progenetta, Sahelictis, Vishnuictis, Viverrinae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Herpestina in the database