Prionodontinae Pocock 1933

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Prionodontinae Pocock 1933

Prionodontinae Pocock 1933 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1933: 970.

Genera: 1 genus with 2 species:

Genus Prionodon Horsfield 1822 (2 species with 5 subspecies)

Discussion: Pocock (1933 d) and Gregory and Hellman (1939) placed Poiana and Prionodon in the Prionodontinae , considered a sister group to the remaining viverrines. This was not followed by Gill (1872), Simpson (1945), Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951), Rosevear (1974), and Wozencraft (1989 b). Gaubert et al. (2004) demonstrated that Prionodon should be excluded from the Viverrinae but left Poiana in the Viverrinae (which is followed here); however, see Hunt (2001) who included Poiana .