Family Viverridae Gray 1821 (civet)
Invalid subtaxa: Prionodontina Gray 1864 [invalid subgroup], Prionodontinae Gray 1864 [invalid subgroup]
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310
Parent taxon: Feliformia according to P. Gaubert et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Aeluroida, Aeluroidea, Didymictida, Feloidea, Nandiniidae, Nimravidae, Prionodon
Subtaxa: Arctogalidiinae, Cryptoproctinae, Cynogalinae, Euplerinae, Galidictinae, Genetta, Hemigalinae, Herpestina, Hyaenina, Ketketictis, Kichechia, Paradoxurinae, Poiana, Progenetta, Pseudocivetta, Vishnuictis, Viverrinae
Type: Viverra
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-insectivore