单词 | viverrid |
释义 | viverridadj.n. Zoology. A. adj. Belonging or pertaining to the family Viverridæ, which comprises civets, genets, and mongooses. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Carnivora > family Viverridae > [adjective] viverrine1800 viverridous1831 viverrid1910 1910 H. 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. 1964 T. J. Parker & W. A. 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. B. n. A viverrid animal. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Carnivora > family Viverridae > [noun] musk-weasel1835 viverrinec1880 viverrid1910 1910 H. F. Osborn Age of Mammals iv. 259 The mustelids were becoming more numerous..while the Asiatic civets or viverrids (Viverra) are becoming somewhat more rare [in the Miocene]. 1976 Nature 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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