Viverra megaspila

E. Blyth, 1862

Large-spotted Civet

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Viverroidea
Family : Viverridae
Subfamily : Viverrinae
Genus : Viverra

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Blyth, E. 1862. Report of Curator, Zoological Department, February, 1862. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 31:331-345.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37181611

Original name as described

Viverra megaspila

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Prome, Myanmar.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · Vietnam · Cambodia · Laos · Malaysia · Myanmar · Thailand

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006107

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Viverra megaspila

E. Blyth, 1862

Family

Viverridae

Root name

megaspila

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

331

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37181611

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1862:331, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37181611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68511)
  2. Blyth (1875:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38674991) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68967)
  3. Pocock (1915:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31750773) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14066)
  4. Gyldenstolpe (1916:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41891613) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67559)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1991:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  8. Wozencraft (1993:348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
  9. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  10. Smith & Xie (2008:412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  11. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41707) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41707) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  15. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41707/45220097) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Moschothera megaspila

(Pocock, 1933)

Family

Viverridae

Root name

megaspila

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

443

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48199342

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Pocock (1933:443, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48199342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38452)

Viverra megaspila megaspila

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Viverridae

Root name

megaspila

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

412

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

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