family Viverrinae

Thesaurus

Noun

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