Viverridae
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Viverridae is a family of small to medium-sized feliform mammals, comprising 14 genera with 33 species. This family was named and first described by John Edward Gray in 1821. Viverrids occur all over
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Large Indian Civet, Viverra zibetha in Kaeng Krachan national park
Small Indian Civet, Silchar, Assam, India
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Civet
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A civet is a small, lean, mostly nocturnal mammal native to tropical Asia and Africa, especially the tropical forests. The term civet applies to over a dozen different species, mostly from the family
Viverridae
…the Wallace Line. The species of the subfamily Genettinae are known as genets and oyans. The viverrids of the subfamily Viverrinae are commonly called civets; the Paradoxurinae and most Hemigalinae species are called palm civets. Viverrids have four or five toes on each foot and half-retractile claws. They…
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A captured civet in India
A caged civet