Viverridae: Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), common genet (Genetta genetta), masked palm civet (Paguma larvata), binturong (Arctictis binturong) English: A mosaic of examples of Viverridae species:
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1: Paradoxurus hermaphroditus philippinensis (Jourdan, 1837)
English: Philippines civet (subspecies of Asian palm civet)
2: Genetta genetta felina (Linnaeus 1758)
English: Small-spotted genet (subspecies of common genet), in the Wrocław Zoo
Deutsch: Kleinfleck-Ginsterkatze (Zoologischer Garten Breslau)
Polski: Żeneta zwyczajna (Ogród Zoologiczny we Wrocławiu)
3: Paguma larvata (C. E. H. Smith, 1827)
English: Masked palm civet (a.k.a. gem-faced civet)
Français : Civette palmiste masquée, ou pagume
Deutsch: Larvenroller
4.: Arctictis binturong (Raffles, 1821)
English: Binturong (a.k.a. "bearcat"), in a zoo in Overloon, Netherlands, summer 2004
Deutsch: Binturong, im Sommer 2004 im Zoo in Overloon, NL
Date 18 December 2011, 15:32 (UTC)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Viverrids_mosaic.jpg
Viverridae is a family of small to medium-sized mammals, the viverrids, comprising 15 genera, which are subdivided into 38 species. This family was named and first described by John Edward Gray in 1821. Members of this family are commonly called civets or genets. Viverrids are found in South and Southeast Asia, across the Wallace Line, all over Africa, and into southern Europe. Their occurrence in Sulawesi and in some of the adjoining islands shows them to be ancient inhabitants of the Old World tropics.
