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Viverridae
Websites about the biology of the Viverridae, or viverrids.
This is a family of the carnivores, and includes civets, linsangs, genets, palm civets, toddy cats, binturong, and fossas. This family is native to southern Europe, Africa and Asia, including Indonesia and the Philippines. Viverrids apparently radiated on Madagascar, where there are a number of endemic genera. The family includes 34 species currently placed in 20 genera.
This is a family of the carnivores, and includes civets, linsangs, genets, palm civets, toddy cats, binturong, and fossas. This family is native to southern Europe, Africa and Asia, including Indonesia and the Philippines. Viverrids apparently radiated on Madagascar, where there are a number of endemic genera. The family includes 34 species currently placed in 20 genera.
Sites in Viverridae
Viverridae
Short description of the viverrids.
Binturong
FAQs and photos about binturongs.
My Binturong Friends
All about binturongs, or bearcats, from the tropics of southeast Asia. Pictures and information by Galen Berry.
Binturong - Arctictis binturong
Brief article about the binturong by Robert A. Young, with photograph.
Lioncrusher's Domain - Binturong (Arctictis binturong)
Fact sheet, with photo and range map.
Binturong
Photograph and brief article by the Carnivore Preservation Trust.
Binturong Information Sheet
Detailed article about Arctictis binturong, or Asian bearcat, by Mindy Stinner.
Cryptoprocta ferox
Brief account of the biology of the Fossa of Madagascar. |
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