Viverridae

Kingdom:  Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Subphylum:Vertebrata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Suborder:Fissipedia
Superfamily:Arctoidea
Family:Viverridae

Subfamily
Genus
  • species -- Common Name

Galidiinae

Galidia
  • elegans -- Madagascar ring-tailed mongoose
Galidictis
  • fasciata -- Madagascar banded mongoose
  • striata -- Madagascar broad-striped mongoose
Mungotictis
  • substriata -- Madagascar narrow-striped mongoose
Salonoia
  • unicolor -- Madagascar brown-tailed mongoose


Hemigalinae

Chrotogale
  • owstoni -- Owston's palm civet
Cynogale
  • bennetti -- Otter civet
Diplogale
  • hosei -- Bornean mongoose
Eupleres
  • goudoti -- Slender falanouc
  • major -- Taller falanouc
Fossa
  • fossa -- Fanaloka
Hemigalus
  • derbyanus -- Banded palm civet


Herpestinae

Bdeogale
  • crassicauda -- Bushy-tailed mongoose
  • nigripes -- Black-footed mongoose
Cynctis
  • pencillata -- Yellow meerkat
Dologale
  • dybowski -- Dybowski's savanna mongoose
Helogale
  • histula -- Eastern dwarf mongoose
  • parvula -- Wahlberg's dwarf mongoose
  • undulata -- Somali dwarf mongoose
Herpestes Gallerella
  • ochracea -- Ochraceous mongoose
  • pulverulentus -- Cape grey mongoose
  • sanguineus -- Slender mongoose
Herpestes Herpestes
  • edwardsi -- Indian grey mongoose
  • javanicus -- Javan mongoose
Herpestes Urva
  • brachyrus -- Short-tailed mongoose
  • fucus -- Indian brown mongoose
  • semitorquatus -- Collared mongoose
  • urva -- Crab-eating mongoose
  • vitticollis -- Striped-necked mongoose
Herpestes Xenogale
  • ichneumon -- Ichneumon
  • naso -- Long-snouted mongoose
Ichneumia
  • albicauda -- White-tailed mongoose
Mungos Crossarchus
  • alexandri -- Congo mongoose
  • ansorgi -- Angolan mongoose
  • gambianus -- Gambian mongoose
  • obscurus -- Cusimanse
Mungos Mungos
  • Mungo -- Banded mongoose
Paracynictis
  • selousi -- Selous' mongoose
Rhynchogale
  • melleri -- Mellor's mongoose
Suricata
  • suricata -- Suricate


Paradoxurinae

Arctictis
  • binturong -- Binturong
Arctogalidia
  • trivirgata -- Small-toothed palm civet
Macrogalidia
  • musschenbrocki -- Celebes palm civet
Nandinia
  • bibotata -- African palm civet
Paguna
  • larvata -- Masked palm civet
  • larvata tytleri -- Andaman palm civet
  • larvata wroughtoni -- Wroughton's palm civet
Paradoxurus
  • hermaphroditus -- Common palm civet
  • jerdoni -- Jerdon's palm civet
  • zeylonensis -- Golden palm civet


Viverrinae

Genetta
  • abyssinica -- Abyssinian genet
  • genetta -- Small-spotted genet, Common genet
  • genetta felina -- South African small-spotted genet
  • genetta neumanni -- East African small-spotted genet
  • maculata -- Forest genet
  • servalina -- Servaline genet
  • tigrina -- Large-spotted genet
  • tigrina suahelica -- Suaheli large-spotted genet
  • victoriae -- Giant genet
Osbornictis
  • piscivora -- Congo water civet
Poiana Pardictis
  • pardicolor -- Spotted linsang
Poiana Priodon
  • Linsang -- Banded linsang
Viverra Civettictus
  • civetta -- African civet
Viverra Moschothera
  • civettina -- Malabar civet
  • megaspila -- Large-spotted civet
Viverra Viverra
  • tangalunga -- Tangalunga
  • zibetha -- Large Indian civet
Viverricula
  • malaccensis -- Small Indian civet