Viverridae (family)
Esquema
Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Chordata (phylum) > Vertebrata (subphylum) > Mammalia (class) > Carnivora (order)
Descripción
Family containing 35 species in 20 genera of civets and related species resembling long-nosed cats, having retractile or partially-retractile claws, a baculum (penile bone), and an anal scent gland. They are among the most primitive families Carnivora, with skeletons very similar to those of fossils dating back to the Eocene 50 million years ago.
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Otros términos
- viverrids [en]
- viverrid [en]
- civets and related species [en]