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Viverra

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Viverra Linnaeus p. 43
1825Viverra Gray p. 339
1882Viverra Mivart p. 142
1929Viverra Allen p. 1
1968Viverra Kurten p. 62
1974Viverra Hendey p. 75
1988Viverra Carroll
1997Viverra Geraads p. 129
2004Viverra Gaubert et al. p. 124
2005Viverra Wilson and Reeder
2010Viverra Werdelin and Peigne p. 630

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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

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 picta Wroughton 1915 [invalid subgroup], Viverra zibetha sagillata Robinson and Kloss 1920 [invalid subgroup]
Invalid names: Viverra zibetha pruinosa Wroughton 1915 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: carnivoreg
Diet 2: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: "meat/non-vertebrate group" (Van Valkenburgh 1988) and "terrestrial" (Gebo and Rose 1993)g
Created: 2009-01-04 14:15:14
Modified: 2011-04-24 21:03:08
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Lillegraven 1979

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

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France V. modica (200296)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Saudi Arabia V. sp. (47069)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Jammu and Kashmir) V. chinjiensis (11797)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246China (Yunnan) V. sp. (11798)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya V. leakeyi (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia V. leakeyi (22139)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Kenya Megaviverra leakeyi (230935)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Yunnan) V. sp. (44221 44223)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Libya V. sp. (102369)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) V. leakeyi (59167)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa V. leakeyi (22221)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia V. leakeyi (21755)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa (Langebaanweg) V. leakeyi (37207)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) V. leakeyi (32050)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Langebaanweg) V. leakeyi (21713)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco V. leakeyi (32052)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588India (Jammu) V. sp. (51102)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588China (Hebei) V. sp. (36317)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Tanzania V. leakeyi (21818)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia V. sp. (21783)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) V. zibetha (214689)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.126China (Sichuan) V. sp. (226365)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa V. sp. (22329)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126China (Guangdong) V. zibetha (120834)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117China (Guangdong) V. zibetha (13293)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117China (Hubei) V. zibetha (92787)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vietnam V. sp. (32904)