Viverridae, Gray, 1821

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 244-289 : 265

Family Viverridae

REVIEWED BY: P. Grubb (PG); H. J. Stains (HJS); S. Wang (SW); W. C. Wozencraft (WCW).

COMMENT: Does not include subfamilies Herpestinae Gill, 1872 (=Mungotidae Pocock, 1916) or Galidiinae Gill, 1872, (=Galidiina Gray, 1865); see Pocock, 1916, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1916:349; Gregory and Hellman, 1939, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., 81 (3):309-392; Wurster and Benirschke, 1968, Chromosoma, 24:336-382; Thenius, 1972, Grund. Verbreit. Saugetierk., pp. 223-224; Radinsky, 1975, J. Mammal., 56:130- 150; Wemmer, 1977, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 239:2. The Viverridae differ from the Herpestidae in the shape and structure of the basicranial region, presence of perineal glands, civetone secretions, ear bursa, and marker chromosomes (WCW).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412005000000000.