Paradoxurinae
| Paradoxurinae | |
|---|---|
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| Binturong (Arctictis binturong) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Viverridae |
| Subfamily: | Paradoxurinae Gray, 1864 |
| Genera | |
The Paradoxurinae are a subfamily of the viverrids that was denominated and first described by John Edward Gray in 1864.[1]
Pocock subordinated the oriental genera Paradoxurus, Paguma and Arctictis to this subfamily.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Gray, J. E. (1864). A revision of the genera and species of viverrine animals (Viverridae), founded on the collection in the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London for the year 1864: 502–579.
- ↑ Pocock, R. I. (1933). The rarer genera of oriental Viverridae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London '1933'(4): 969–1035.
- ↑ Pocock, R. I. (1939). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Mammalia. – Volume 1. Taylor and Francis, London. Pp. 376–439.
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