Viverridae
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The Viverridae is a family of small to medium-sized mammals, the viverrids. They are in the Feliformia, the cat-like carnivores.
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Viverridae[1] Temporal range: Eocene to Recent | |
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Viverrids, including (top left to bottom right), species of Paradoxurus, Genetta, Paguma and Arctictis | |
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Family: | Viverridae Gray, 1821 |
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The family is made up of 15 genera and 33 species.[1] It was named by John Edward Gray in 1821.[2] They are found all over the Oriental region, all over Africa and into southern Europe.
As they live in Madagascar and Celebes, this shows they also lived in the tropics of the Old World, and beyond it, over Wallace's line.[3]
Viverrids mostly live in tropical rainforest. They also live in woodland, savanna and mountains.