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Viverra zibetha (large Indian civet)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Taxonomy
Viverra zibetha was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Subspecies
V. picta, V. pruinosa, V. sagillata
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. modica

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Viverra zibetha Linnaeus p. 44
1864Viverra ashtoni Swinhoe
1882Viverra zibetha Mivart p. 145
1908Viverra filchneri Matschie
1911Viverra zibetha Thomas p. 137
1915Viverra zibetha picta Wroughton p. 64
1915Viverra zibetha pruinosa Wroughton p. 64
1920Viverra zibetha sagillata Robinson and Kloss p. 176
1929Viverra zibetha Allen p. 1
2005Viverra zibetha Wilson and Reeder

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
—AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyViverridae
subfamilyViverrinaeGray 1821
genusViverra
specieszibetha

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.

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 picta Wroughton 1915 [invalid subgroup], Viverra zibetha pruinosa Wroughton 1915 [invalid subgroup], Viverra zibetha sagillata Robinson and Kloss 1920 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available