Viverricula indica

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Small Indian Civet

Side view of adult. Also as Lesser Oriental Civet.
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Location:USA, CA, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical GardensDate taken:Oct 1, 1996Description : Side view of adult. Also as Lesser Oriental Civet.

Distribution :

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Kangean Isl, Sumbawa, Bali), Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam. Introduced to Yemen, Zanzibar and Pemba Isl, Socotra Isl, Madagascar, the Comoro Isls, and the Philippines; scattered distribution on many SE Asian islands due to introductions.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1827

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Aeluroidea
Superfamily : 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://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.

Total: 41 names and synonyms.

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

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  2. Rafinesque (1817:362, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106435274&seq=364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)
  3. Muirhead (1819:423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)

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. Desmarest (1821:210, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523974) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  4. Schinz (1821:881, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  5. Griffith (1822:175, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68342)
  6. Fischer (1829:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  7. Sykes (1831:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1214062) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67691)
  8. Eydoux & Gervais (1836:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37085997) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68438)
  9. Ogilby (1839:lxv, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2912374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67483)
  10. Smith (1842:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  11. Kelaart (1852:156, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  12. Fitzinger (1861:391, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39159)
  13. Day (1863:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69416)

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. Gray (1832:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1213966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67707)
  2. Ogilby (1839:lxv, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2912374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67483)
  3. Smith (1842:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  4. Peters (1852:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61421)
  5. Trouessart (1904:248, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  6. 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)

Viverra bengalensis

(J. E. Gray, 1831)

Family

Viverridae

Root name

bengalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45959732

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)

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

Name usages

  1. Gray (1832:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1213966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67707)
  2. Swinhoe (1863:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67740)
  3. Trouessart (1904:249, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Viverricula Rape

B. H. 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

Name usages

Hodgson (1838:152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3380785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65647)

Viverricula Indica

B. H. Hodgson, 1838

Family

Viverridae

Root name

indica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

152

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Annals of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hodgson (1838:152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3380785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65647)
  2. Hodgson (1841:213, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35561)
  3. Hodgson (1844:287, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65716)
  4. Horsfield (1857:396, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860970) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36026)
  5. Sclater (1872:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  6. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:282, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
  7. Laurie & Hill (1954:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635678) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  8. Coetzee (1971:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  9. Corbet & Hill (1980:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  10. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  11. Corbet & Hill (1991:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  12. Wozencraft (1993:348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
  13. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  14. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:502) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  15. Smith & Xie (2008:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  16. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  19. Kumar, Sharma & Khan (2022:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66220)
  20. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  21. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41710/45220632) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Viverricula Rasse

B. H. Hodgson, 1841

Family

Viverridae

Root name

rasse

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

213

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126977

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hodgson (1841:213, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35561)
  2. Hodgson (1844:287, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65716)
  3. Pocock (1915:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31750775) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14066)
  4. Allen (1939:205, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

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)

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