A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Viverridae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| BinturongArctictis binturong (Raffles, 1822) | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Small-toothed Palm CivetArctogalidia trivirgata (Gray, 1832) | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Owston's Palm CivetChrotogale owstoni Thomas, 1912 | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African CivetCivettictis civetta (Schreber, 1776) | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Otter CivetCynogale bennettii Gray, 1837 | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hose's Palm CivetDiplogale hosei (Thomas, 1892) | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Abyssinian GenetGenetta abyssinica (Rüppell, 1836) | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Angolan GenetGenetta angolensis Bocage, 1882 | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bourlon's GenetGenetta bourloni Gaubert, 2003 | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crested GenetGenetta cristata Hayman in Sanborn, 1940 | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common GenetGenetta genetta (Linnaeus, 1758) | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Johnston's GenetGenetta johnstoni Pocock, 1908 | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pardine GenetGenetta pardina I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832 | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aquatic GenetGenetta piscivora (J. A. Allen, 1919) | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| King GenetGenetta poensis Waterhouse, 1838 | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Servaline GenetGenetta servalina Pucheran, 1855 | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hausa GenetGenetta thierryi Matschie, 1902 | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cape GenetGenetta tigrina (Schreber, 1776) | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Giant Forest GenetGenetta victoriae Thomas, 1901 | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Banded Palm CivetHemigalus derbyanus (Gray, 1837) | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sulawesi Palm CivetMacrogalidia musschenbroekii (Schlegel, 1877) | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Asian Palm CivetParadoxurus hermaphroditus (Pallas, 1777) | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden Palm CivetParadoxurus zeylonensis (Schreber, 1778) | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leighton's LinsangPoiana leightoni Pocock, 1908 | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African LinsangPoiana richardsonii (Thomson, 1842) | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malabar CivetViverra civettina Blyth, 1862 | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large-spotted CivetViverra megaspila Blyth, 1862 | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malay CivetViverra tangalunga Gray, 1832 | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large Indian CivetViverra zibetha Linnaeus, 1758 | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Small Indian CivetViverricula indica (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803) | ViverridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.