Viverricula indica

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Small Indian Civet

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1803. Catalogue des Mammifères du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Privately published, Paris, 272 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/details/bsb10482289

Original name as described

Civetta indica

Other common names

Lesser Oriental Civet

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-2001-338

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-2001-338

Type locality

India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Pakistan · India · Sri Lanka · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · China · Taiwan · Myanmar · Vietnam · Cambodia · Laos · Thailand · Malaysia · Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006110

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Viverricula indica klossi

Pocock, 1933

Family

Viverridae

Root name

klossi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.277

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f6db5334-61cf-4198-a685-c31b75b33742

Authority page

654

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48291497

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Viverricula malaccensis deserti

Bonhote, 1898

Family

Viverridae

Root name

deserti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1885.8.1.27

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/eec108dd-8582-4d71-998d-0c02b20f7591

Authority page

120

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19365323

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Viverricula indica mayori

Pocock, 1933

Family

Viverridae

Root name

mayori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.3.1.51

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/82143d3b-b8b7-4cde-ba32-4219b8100ea0

Authority page

632

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48291475

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Viverricula indica baptistae

Pocock, 1933

Family

Viverridae

Root name

baptistae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1916.7.29.50

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a5499708-f45f-42f9-b98f-2c3eeed8b943

Authority page

643

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48291486

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Viverricula indica wellsi

Pocock, 1933

Family

Viverridae

Root name

wellsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.9.1.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5f998a70-a215-4b0a-97af-a74304e85e7b

Authority page

640

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48291483

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Viverra rasse

(Horsfield, 1823)

Family

Viverridae

Root name

rasse

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:74a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9d1c7c32-c496-4551-9837-df807f9927b2

Authority page

pl. 18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31111979

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Viverra pallida

(J. E. Gray, 1831)

Family

Viverridae

Root name

pallida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:74b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/380c0e2d-79cf-4464-a513-36b2aefd40a4

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49831401

Authority publication

Zoological Miscellany

Civetta indica

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Viverridae

Root name

indica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-2001-338

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-2001-338

Authority page

113

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Rafinesque (1817:362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)

Viverricula malaccensis baliensis

Sody, 1931

Family

Viverridae

Root name

baliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.33951.a, RMNH.MAM.33951.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33951.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33951.b

Authority page

353

Authority publication

Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië

Viverricula malaccensis atchinensis

Sody, 1931

Family

Viverridae

Root name

atchinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.33971.a, RMNH.MAM.33971.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33971.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33971.b

Authority page

351

Authority publication

Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië

Viverricula malaccensis muriavensis

Sody, 1931

Family

Viverridae

Root name

muriavensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.33977.a, RMNH.MAM.33977.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33977.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33977.b

Authority page

353

Authority publication

Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië

Viverra schlegelii

(Pollen in Schlegel, 1866)

Family

Viverridae

Root name

schlegelii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.34803.a, RMNH.MAM.34803.b, RMNH.MAM.34807, RMNH.MAM.34808, RMNH.MAM.34809, RMNH.MAM.34810, RMNH.MAM.34811, RMNH.MAM.34812, RMNH.MAM.34818, RMNH.MAM.34819

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34803.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34803.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34807 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34808 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34809 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34810 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34811 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34812 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34818 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34819

Authority page

78

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49109579

Authority publication

Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde

Viverricula malaccensis thai

Kloss, 1919

Family

Viverridae

Root name

thai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:236629

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b2c4cbc6-b575-4804-b4ac-e4b2e3240e74

Authority page

352

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12463871

Authority publication

Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam

Viverricula pallida taivana

E. Schwarz, 1911

Family

Viverridae

Root name

taivana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB A. 243. 10

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

637

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15815361

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Genetta indica

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Viverridae

Root name

indica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

174

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207642

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:174, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)

Genetta rasse

(C. F. Cuvier, 1842)

Family

Viverridae

Root name

rasse

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Genetta pallida

(C. H. Smith, 1842)

Family

Viverridae

Root name

pallida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

171

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Civetta pallida

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Viverridae

Root name

pallida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Viverricula indica

Coetzee, 1971

Family

Viverridae

Root name

indica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

33

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:502) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Smith & Xie (2008:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41710/45220632) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Viverricula indica atchinensis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Viverridae

Root name

atchinensis

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 (2009:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Viverricula indica baliensis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Viverridae

Root name

baliensis

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 (2009:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Viverricula indica deserti

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Viverridae

Root name

deserti

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 (2009:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Viverricula indica indica

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Viverridae

Root name

indica

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 (2009:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Viverricula indica muriavensis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Viverridae

Root name

muriavensis

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 (2009:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Viverricula indica pallida

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Viverridae

Root name

pallida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Viverricula indica schlegelii

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Viverridae

Root name

schlegelii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Viverricula indica thai

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Viverridae

Root name

thai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Viverricula indica taivana

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Viverridae

Root name

taivana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

414

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

  1. Smith & Xie (2008:414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Viverra indica

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Viverridae

Root name

indica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

xii

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130073

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:xii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Desmarest (1817:170, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18035919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60375)
  3. Smith (1842:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  4. Kelaart (1852:156, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)

Viverra bengalensis

(J. E. Gray, 1831)

Family

Viverridae

Root name

bengalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 4

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Viverricula Rape

Hodgson, 1838

Family

Viverridae

Root name

rape

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

152

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3380785

Authority publication

Annals of Natural History

Viverricula hanensis

Matschie, 1907

Family

Viverridae

Root name

hanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

196

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Viverricula malaccensis fossilis

Pei Wenzhong, 1987

Family

Viverridae

Root name

fossilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

61, 111

Authority publication

Memoirs of Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology Academia Sinica

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