Viverrid

Word VIVERRID
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Definitions and meanings of "Viverrid"

What do we mean by viverrid?

Any of various carnivorous mammals of the family Viverridae, which includes the civets and genets. noun

Any member of the family Viverridae. noun

Any member of the family Viverridae

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The word "viverrid" in example sentences

While some biologists noted a vague superficial similarity with lemurs, most concluded that it was a viverrid: a member of the same carnivoran family as civets and genets*. ❋ Darren Naish (2007)

Thanks to its long tail, gracile proportions, size (comparable to that of a house cat), and general civet-like appearance, the Kayan Mentarang animal soon became widely regarded as a probable new viverrid. ❋ Darren Naish (2007)

Named in 1892 and known from less than 20 specimens, this is a poorly known terrestrial viverrid of montane forests, and good observations and photos of it are few and far between. ❋ Darren Naish (2007)

Many viverrid species are highly enigmatic and several have only recently been discovered, have only occasionally been photographed alive, or have even not been photographed alive at all (for a nice review see Schreiber 1989). ❋ Darren Naish (2007)

The adjacent painting is a widely-reproduced image, produced by Wahyu Gumelar for WWF Indonesia, depicting the animal as a new, hitherto unknown viverrid. ❋ Darren Naish (2007)

It's a viverrid, a family of animals not found in North America. ❋ Maggie Koerth-Baker (2011)

What I heard celebrity zookeeper Jack Hanna say on television for so many years was true - the big viverrid smelled like a movie theater lobby. ❋ Brian Switek (2012)

Was there no respect for the anatomy of viverrid rumps? ❋ Brian Switek (2012)

any of the viverrid mammals that comprise two subfamilies (Herpestinae and Galidiinae) often grouped in a separate family (Herpestidae), that include agile ferret-sized mammals sometimes with bands or stripes, and that feed on small animals and fruits ❋ Feminist (2004)

Mosaics of convergences and noise in morphological phylogenies: what’s in a viverrid-like carnivoran? ❋ Darren Naish (2007)

However, some authors were prepared to go further and be even more precise in their identification, and by far the most popular and widely reported identification has been that the Kayan Mentarang animal in fact represented a known species of viverrid: namely, Hose’s civet Diplogale hosei (also known as Hose’s palm civet or the Brown musang) [see image below]. ❋ Darren Naish (2007)

As mentioned above, a new identification has now been published, and hasn’t been as well reported as was the viverrid identification, which is surprising given that it is perhaps the most interesting and surprising idea so far proposed. ❋ Darren Naish (2007)

Given that giant flying squirrels are awesome and deeply weird I’m no less impressed by the Kayan Mentarang animal than I was when I thought it likely to be an unusual new viverrid. ❋ Darren Naish (2007)

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