Talk:Viverridae

message: This article appears to be about the Viverridae family and notes that "civet, genet and linsang make up the family Viverridae."  Yet Viverridae is redirected to Civet, which seems to be only one kind of Viverridae.  Is this ambiguity a reflection of common usage?  A-giau 20:35, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Are genets, linsangs also civets? 

message: :It has been suggested that the practice of eating them may have resulted in the SARS virus outbreak of 2003. In January 2004, Guangdong province in China banned sales of civet cats and ordered the slaughter of all captive civets. In January 2004 the United States announced an embargo on the importation of civets into the country.
But at the start, the article lists civets as being endemic to African countries and Iberia, no mention of Asia.
Also anyone know why the US was importing civets to start with??--ZZ 09:00, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: "Old World tropics" includes the tropics of Asia, Africa.  But the term is so POV, like so many words :)  A-giau 20:36, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  No civets in Asia? 

message: "In January 2004 the United States announced an embargo on the importation of civets."
Is 'importation' even a word?
Mullet 16:23, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes it's a word, what else would you say instead of importation? Suppafly 19:12, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Importation? 

message: Where could I try a cup of "foxdung coffee"? Bastie 01:07, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: You can order it online, it's about $100/pound. Suppafly 19:16, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Starbucks 

message: The main picture is not a great representation of civets IMO.  At least on this screen, it is rather difficult to make out features.  So, I am going to put up a request for picture. Rlax 09:37, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: Aka Paguma larvata  -- see also :de:Larvenroller, :ja:ハクビシン, :ms:Musang Lamri, among others.  I don't see it in the classification.  Has it been renamed or perhaps subsumed under another?  Or is it merely omitted by accident?  A-giau 00:34, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Gem-faced or Masked Palm Civet 

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:Palm civet0001.JPG

message: :I, too, am not clear what the problem is with the cladogram above. To my mind, it quite clearly shows that hyenas are not considered viverrids (just as mongooses and euplerids are not viverrids). If you have any suggestions for making it clearer, that would be great, but I can't think of any off hand. It does, on the other hand, contradict the chronogram above it when it comes to the placement of the African palm civet. Anaxial (talk) 20:16, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Phylogenetic Tree

message: I've replaced the link to Aeluroidea because as far as I can tell, the literature doesn't seem to support such a link. The said article doesn't mention viverrids and in any case is currently merely a stub. I've replaced it with Feliformia, a more comprehensive and useful article (if anybody has greater knowledge of this subject I would be glad if they could clarify further).Darorcilmir (talk) 00:20, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Our situation would be helped better if Aeluroidea were a little more specific about which families it contains, rather than having a random handful of genera.--Mr Fink (talk) 01:30, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Aeluroidea or Feliformia?