Order Carnivora Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 532 628 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Civettictis Pocock 1915 Civettictis Pocock 1915 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1915: 134 . Type Species: Viverra civetta Schreber 1776 Species and subspecies: 1 species with 6 subspecies: Species Civettictis civetta (Schreber 1776) Subspecies Civettictis civetta subsp. civetta Schreber 1776 Subspecies Civettictis civetta subsp. australis Lundholm 1955 Subspecies Civettictis civetta subsp. congica Cabrera 1929 Subspecies Civettictis civetta subsp. pauli Kock, Künzel and Rayaleh 2000 Subspecies Civettictis civetta subsp. schwarzi Cabrera 1929 Subspecies Civettictis civetta subsp. volkmanni Lundholm 1955 Discussion: Included in Viverra by Coetzee (1977 b ) ; recognized as Civettictis by Rosevear (1974) , Kingdon (1977) , Ansell (1978) , Smithers (1983) , and Wozencraft (1989 b ) .