Viverridae

Translingual

Etymology

Viverra +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Viverridae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Carnivora – civets, genets, and African linsangs.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Feliformia - suborder

Hyponyms

• (family): Genettinae, Hemigalinae, Paradoxurinae, Viverrinae – subfamilies
  • Arctictis, Arctogalidia, Chrotogale, Civettictis, Cynogale, Diplogale, Genetta, Hemigalus, Macrogalidia, Paguma, Paradoxurus, Poiana, Viverra, Viverricula – extant genera

References

• Viverridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Viverridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Viverridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons