Meaning | small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World. |
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Synonym | viverrine mammal |
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Member of | Viverridae, family Viverridae, Viverrinae, family Viverrinae | genets |
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Narrower | civet, civet cat | Cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes |
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fossa, fossa cat, Cryptoprocta ferox | largest carnivore of Madagascar / Madagascar |
genet, Genetta genetta | agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail |
meerkat, mierkat | A mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes |
mongoose | agile grizzled Old World viverrine |
Broader | carnivore | A terrestrial / terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal |
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Spanish | vivérrido |
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Catalan | vivèrrid |
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