Viverra Linnaeus 1758

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 558

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Treatment

Viverra Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 43 View Cited Treatment .

Type Species: Viverra zibetha Linnaeus 1758

Synonyms: Moschothera Pocock 1933 ; Vivera Gray 1821 .

Species and subspecies: 4 species with 7 subspecies:

Species Viverra civettina Blyth 1862

Species Viverra megaspila Blyth 1862

Species Viverra tangalunga Gray 1832

Subspecies Viverra tangalunga subsp. tangalunga Gray 1832

Subspecies Viverra tangalunga subsp. lankavensis Robinson and Kloss 1920

Species Viverra zibetha Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Viverra zibetha subsp. zibetha Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Viverra zibetha subsp. ashtoni Swinhoe 1864

Subspecies Viverra zibetha subsp. hainana Wang and Xu 1983

Subspecies Viverra zibetha subsp. picta Wroughton 1915

Subspecies Viverra zibetha subsp. pruinosus Wroughton 1917

Discussion: Pocock (1933 a) placed civettina and megaspila in Moschothera , which was not recognized by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951), Wozencraft (1989 b), and Corbet and Hill (1992). Does not include Civettictis ; see Kingdon (1977) and Ansell (1978); but also see Coetzee (1977 b).