| Civettictis | |
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| African civet (Civettictis civetta) | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Viverridae |
| Subfamily: | Viverrinae |
| Genus: |
Civettictis Pocock, 1915 |
| Species | |
Civettictis is a genus of viverrid that contains the extant African civet (Civettictis civetta) and a recently described extinct relative from the Plio-Pleistocene of South Africa known as Civettictis braini. [1]
Evolution
A 2006 phylogenetic study showed that the African civet is closely related to the genus Viverra. It was estimated that the Civettictis-Viverra clade diverged from Viverricula around 16.2 Mya; the African civet split from Viverra 12.3 Mya. The authors suggested that the subfamily Viverrinae should be bifurcated into Genettinae ( Poiana and Genetta) and Viverrinae (Civettictis, Viverra and Viverricula). The following cladogram is based on this study. [2]
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References
- ^ Fourvel, Jean-Baptiste (2018). "Civettictis braini nov. sp. (Mammalia: Carnivora), a new viverrid from the hominin-bearing site of Kromdraai (Gauteng, South Africa)". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 17 (6): 366–377. doi: 10.1016/j.crpv.2017.11.005.
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^ Gaubert, P.; Cordeiro-Estrela, P. (2006).
"Phylogenetic systematics and tempo of evolution of the Viverrinae (Mammalia, Carnivora, Viverridae) within feliformians: implications for faunal exchanges between Asia and Africa" (PDF).
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 41 (2): 266–78.
doi:
10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.034.
PMID
16837215. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2016-10-04. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
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