family Viverridae

Thesaurus

Noun

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family Viverridae - genets; civets; mongooses family Viverrinae, Viverridae, Viverrinaemammal family - a family of mammalsCarnivora, order Carnivora - cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipediaviverrine, viverrine mammal - small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old Worldcivet, civet cat - cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumesgenus Viverra, Viverra - type genus of the family Viverridaegenus Viverricula, Viverricula - a genus of ViverridaeArctictis, genus Arctictis - binturongsCryptoprocta, genus Cryptoprocta - large primitive cat-like carnivores inhabiting forests of Madagascargenus Fossa, Fossa - monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civetsGenetta, genus Genetta - genetsgenus Hemigalus, Hemigalus - banded palm civetsgenus Herpestes, Herpestes - mongoosesgenus Paradoxurus, Paradoxurus - palm civetsgenus Suricata, Suricata - meerkats