Viverra tangalunga

J. E. Gray, 1832

Malay 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

Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1832, 63

Original name as described

Viverra tangalunga

Other common names

Malayan Civet · Oriental Civet

Type locality

West Sumatra.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Australasia

Country distribution

Malaysia · Indonesia · Singapore · Brunei? · Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006108

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 tangalunga lancavensis

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1920

Family

Viverridae

Root name

lancavensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1949.437

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e08c98c4-9612-4e60-95f8-aaa3082f74ac

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10882143

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Civetta tragalunga

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Viverridae

Root name

tragalunga

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Viverra tangalunga tangalunga

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Viverridae

Root name

tangalunga

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Viverra tanggalunga

E. Blyth, 1863

Family

Viverridae

Root name

tanggalunga

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

45

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534673

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Viverra tangalunga

J. E. Gray, 1832

Family

Viverridae

Root name

tangalunga

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

63

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:270, 271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41708/45220284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Viverra tangalunga lankavensis

Pocock, 1933

Family

Viverridae

Root name

lankavensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

438

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48199337

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

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