After Nowak, 1991, McKenna & Bell, 1997, and Gaubert, Veron & Tranier, 2002
<==o Viverrinae Gray, 1821 (sivettikissat) |?- †Orangictis gariepensis Morales et al., 2000 |?-o †Vishnuictis | |-- †V. salmontanus | `-- †V. durandi |--o †Megaviverra | |-- †M. carpathorum | `-- †M.? appenina |?-o Viverra Linnaeus, 1758 [?Anictis] | |?- †V. leakeyi Petter, 1963 | |?- V. taiguensis Sokolov et al., 1997 | |--o (Viverra) Linnaeus, 1758 | | |-- V. (V.) zibetha Linnaeus, 1758 (intiansivettikissa) | | `-- V. (V.) tangalunga Gray, 1832 (tangalunga) | `--o (Moschothera) | |-- V. (M.) megaspila Blyth, 1862 (isotäpläsivettikissa) | `?- V. (M.) civettina Blyth, 1862 [ssp.=>V. megaspila] (malabarinisosivettikissa) |-- Civettictis civetta (Schreber, 1776) Pocock, 1915 [sg.=>Viverra] (afrikansivettikissa) `--+-- Viverricula indica Desmarest, 1804 (pikkusivettikissa) `--+--o Genetta G. Cuvier, 1816 | |--+-- G. servalina Pucheran, 1855 (pienitäplägenetti) | | `-- G. victoriae Thomas, 1901 (viktoriangenetti) | `--+--+-- G. pardina | | `-- G. maculata (Gray, 1830) (metsägenetti) | `--+-- G. angolensis Bocage, 1882 (angolangenetti) | `--+--o G. tigrina (Schreber, 1776) | | |-- G. t. tigrina (tiikerigenetti) | | `-- G. t. rubiginosa [G. rubiginosa] (punagenetti) | `--+--o G. genetta (Linnaeus, 1758) (genetti) | | |-- G. g. genetta (genetti) | | |-- G. g. felina (kissagenetti) | | `-- G. g. isabelae (ibizangenetti) | `--o (Pseudogenetta) | |-- G. (P.) thierryi Matschie, 1902 (villieringenetti) | `-- G. (P.) abyssinica (Rüppel, 1834) (abessiniangenetti) `--+-- “Genetta” (Paragenetta) johnstoni Pocock, 1908 (johnstoningenetti) `--+--+-- Nandinia binotata [Nandiniinae] (afrikanpalmunäätä) | `-- Osbornictis piscivora Allen, 1919 (vesigenetti) `--+--o Poiana | |--o P. richardsoni (Thomson, 1842) (afrikanlinsanki) | | |-- P. r. richardsoni | | `-- P. r. liberiensis | `-- ?P. leightoni [ssp.=>P. richardsoni]()? `--o Prionodon (linsankit) |-- (Prionodon) linsang (Hardwicke, 1821) (tiikerilinsanki) `-- (Pardictis) pardicolor Hodgson, 1842 (pantterilinsanki)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Gaubert, P., Veron, G. & Tranier, M., 2002: Genets and "genet-like" taxa (Carnivora, Viverrinae): phylogenetic analysis, systematics and biogeographic implications.
–Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: Vol. 134, #4, pp. 317-334 - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Morales, J., Pickford, M., Salesa, M. & Soria, D., 2000: The systematic status of Kelba, Savage, 1965, Kenyalutra, Schmidt-Kittler, 1987 and Ndamathaia, Jacobs et al., 1987, (Viverridae, Mammalia) and a review of Early Miocene mongoose-like carnivores of Africa.
–Annales de Paléontologie: Vol. 86, #4, pp. 243-251 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629 - Werdelin, L., 2003: Mio-Pliocene Carnivora from Lothagam, Kenya. 261-328.
in Leakey, M. G. & Harris, J. M., (eds.) 2003: Lothagam – The Dawn of Humanity in East Africa.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 2003, 1-678