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Viverra
Taxonomy
Viverra was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was assigned to Ferae by Linnaeus (1758); to Viverrina by Gray (1825); to Viverrinae by Mivart (1882), Hendey (1974), Gaubert et al. (2004), Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Viverridae by Allen (1929), Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988), Geraads (1997), Werdelin and Peigne (2010).
It was assigned to Ferae by Linnaeus (1758); to Viverrina by Gray (1825); to Viverrinae by Mivart (1882), Hendey (1974), Gaubert et al. (2004), Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Viverridae by Allen (1929), Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988), Geraads (1997), Werdelin and Peigne (2010).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Viverra Linnaeus p. 43 |
| 1825 | Viverra Gray p. 339 |
| 1882 | Viverra Mivart p. 142 |
| 1929 | Viverra Allen p. 1 |
| 1968 | Viverra Kurten p. 62 |
| 1974 | Viverra Hendey p. 75 |
| 1988 | Viverra Carroll |
| 1997 | Viverra Geraads p. 129 |
| 2004 | Viverra Gaubert et al. p. 124 |
| 2005 | Viverra Wilson and Reeder |
| 2010 | Viverra Werdelin and Peigne p. 630 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Viverra Linnaeus 1758
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Viverra civettina Blyth 1862 [Malabar large-spotted civet]
†Viverra leakeyi Petter 1963
Viverra megaspila Blyth 1862 [large spotted civet]
Viverra tangalunga Gray 1832 [Malayan civet]
Viverra zibetha Linnaeus 1758 [large Indian civet]
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Invalid names: Viverra ashtoni Swinhoe 1864 [synonym], Viverra filchneri Matschie 1908 [synonym], Viverra zibetha pruinosa Wroughton 1915 [invalid subgroup], Viverra zibetha sagillata Robinson and Kloss 1920 [invalid subgroup]
Invalid names: Viverra zibetha picta Wroughton 1915 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Van Valkenburgh 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Collections (32 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miocene | France | V. modica (200296) | |
| Burdigalian | Saudi Arabia | V. sp. (47069) | |
| Middle Miocene | India (Jammu and Kashmir) | V. chinjiensis (11797) | |
| Tortonian | China (Yunnan) | V. sp. (11798) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Kenya | V. leakeyi (22241) | |
| Tortonian - Zanclean | Ethiopia | V. leakeyi (22139) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Kenya | Megaviverra leakeyi (230935) | |
| Turolian | China (Yunnan) | V. sp. (44221 44223) | |
| Messinian | Libya | V. sp. (102369) | |
| Messinian - Piacenzian | South Africa (Cape) | V. leakeyi (59167) | |
| Zanclean | South Africa | V. leakeyi (22221) | |
| Pliocene | South Africa (Langebaanweg) | V. leakeyi (37207) | |
| Pliocene | Ethiopia | V. leakeyi (21755) | |
| Pliocene | Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) | V. leakeyi (32050) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | China (Hebei) | V. sp. (36317) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | India (Jammu) | V. sp. (51102) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa (Langebaanweg) | V. leakeyi (21713) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Morocco | V. leakeyi (32052) | |
| Piacenzian | Tanzania | V. leakeyi (21818) | |
| Piacenzian | Ethiopia | V. sp. (21783) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Guanxi) | V. sp. (230994) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) | V. zibetha (214689) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | China (Sichuan) | V. sp. (226365) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | V. sp. (22329) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Laos (Hua Pan) | V. zybetha (235746) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | China (Guangdong) | V. zibetha (120834) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | China (Hubei) | V. sp. (234753) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | China (Guangdong) | V. zibetha (13293) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Malaysia (Selangor) | V. tangalunga (235743) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | China (Hubei) | V. zibetha (92787) | |
| Holocene | Vietnam | V. sp. (32904) |