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viverrid, a. and n. Zool.|vɪˈvɛrɪd|
[ad. mod.L. Viverrid-æ, f. L. viverra ferret: see -id3.]
A. adj. Belonging or pertaining to the family Viverridæ, which comprises civets, genets, and mongooses.
B. n. A viverrid animal.
1910H. F. Osborn Age of Mammals iii. 197 Still more striking is the presence [in the Oligocene] of the fierce viverrid carnivores (Amphicitis, Herpestes) of the modern civet and mongoose types. Ibid. iv. 259 The mustelids were becoming more numerous..while the Asiatic civets or viverrids (Viverra) are becoming somewhat more rare [in the Miocene]. 1964Parker & Haswell Text-bk. Zool. (ed. 7) II. 795 The aberrant Proteles, the Aard-wolf or Earth-wolf of Africa is insectivorous... Like the hyænas it is obviously a highly specialised viverrid offshoot. 1976Nature 5 Aug. 464/1 The carnivore fauna [of the Laetolil beds in Tanzania] is characterised by a high percentage of viverrids, constituting 32% of all the carnivore specimens. |