Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Carnivora - (Family) Viverridae

Original position

Ferae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Viverrinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Viverra genetta Linnaeus, 1758
Viverra ichneumon Linnaeus, 1758
Viverra memphitis Linnaeus, 1758, nom. van.
Viverra putorius Linnaeus, 1758
Viverra zibetha Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Viverrinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 558.

Alternative positions

Ferae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 63.
Viverridae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 109.

Historical positions

Viverrinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 558.
Viverrinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 236.
Viverrinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 347-348.
Viverridae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 109.
Viverrinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1043.
Viverridae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Ferae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 26, 63.
Feræ (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 18, 43. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4s;7ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 28 Nov 2014	[4s;7ss]
2005	W.C. Wozencraft: 559	[4s;7ss]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	[4s]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	[4s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[4s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[5s;2v]