VIVERRINAE
This lineage comprises 23 species within five genera:
Civettictis
African Civet (C. civetta)
The range of this species is widely distributed across much of sub-Saharan Africa outside the arid southwest.
Photo by @Tomek
Genetta
Abyssinian Genet (G. abyssinica)
The range of this species is restricted to Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti, along with extreme northwest Somalia.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Angolan Genet (G. angolensis)
The range of this species extends through south-central Africa, from Angola in the west to Tanzania in the east.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Bourlon's Genet (G. bourloni)
The range of this species extends from Sierra Leone in the north-west to the extreme west of Cote d'Ivoire in the south-east.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Crested Genet (G. cristata)
The range of this species is restricted to south-east Nigeria and south-west Cameroon.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Feline Genet (G. felina)
The range of this species extends throughout southern Africa from Angola and Zambia in the north, south to South Africa.
Photo by @KevinVar
Small-spotted Genet (G. genetta)
The range of this species extends across much of central sub-Saharan Africa from Mauritania in the west to Sudan in the east, and Tanzania in the south-east, along with populations across north Africa from Morocco in the west to Libya in the east, the southern Arabian Peninsula and potentially-introduced populations in the Iberian Peninsula and southern France.
Photo by @Maguari
Johnston's Genet (G. johnstoni)
The range of this species extends through coastal West Africa from south Guinea to the extreme south-west of Ghana.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Rusty-spotted Genet (G. maculata)
The range of this species extends across much of sub-Saharan Africa from south Burkina Faso and Ghana in the west, to Eritrea in the east and south to central Namibia and eastern South Africa.
Photo by @Giant Eland
Pardine Genet (G. pardina)
The range of this species extends throughout the West African coastline, from the extreme south of Mauritania in the north-west to Togo in the south-east.
Photo by @zoogiraffe
Aquatic Genet (G. piscivora)
The range of this species is restricted to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between the Congo River and Rift Valley.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
King Genet (G. poensis)
The range of this species is restricted to a pair of disjunct populations in Liberia and Ghana; the species has not been recorded since 1946 and may be extinct.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Servaline Genet (G. servalina)
The range of this species extends throughout Equatorial Africa from the Congo Basin in the west, eastwards to west Kenya and with disjunct populations in Tanzania.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Haussa Genet (G. thierryi)
The range of this species extends across West Africa from northern Senegal to Nigeria and Cameroon.
Photo by @sooty mangabey
Cape Genet (G. tigrina)
The range of this species is restricted to South Africa.
Photo by @alexkant
Giant Forest Genet (G. victoriae)
The range of this species is restricted to the eastern portion of the Democratic Republic of Congo, possibly extending into the extreme west of Uganda and Rwanda.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Poiana
Leighton's Oyan (Poiana leightoni)
The range of this species is restricted to south-west Cote d'Ivoire and western Liberia.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Richardson's Oyan (Poiana richardsonii)
The range of this species extends throughout the Congo Basin from south Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of Congo as far as the Rift Valley.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Viverra
Malabar Large-spotted Civet (V. civettina)
The range of this species is restricted to the Western Ghats of India; it may be extinct and has been proposed to represent merely an introduced population of V. megaspila.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Large-spotted Civet (V. megaspila)
The range of this species extends from southern China into Indochina and Peninsular Malaysia.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Malayan Civet (V. tangalunga)
The native range of this species extends across Peninsular Malaysia south into Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi and the Philippines. Introduced in Java.
Photo by @Maguari
Large Indian Civet (V. zibetha)
The range of this species extends from north-east India and Bhutan in the west, through southern and central China into Indochina and Peninsular Malaysia in the southeast.
Photo by @Maguari
Viverricula
Small Indian Civet (V. indica)
The range of this species covers much of southern Asia, from Pakistan in the west through the Indian Subcontinent, southern and central China and Indochina into Sumatra, Java and Bali in the east.
Photo by @Vision
This lineage comprises 23 species within five genera:
Civettictis
African Civet (C. civetta)
The range of this species is widely distributed across much of sub-Saharan Africa outside the arid southwest.
Photo by @Tomek
Genetta
Abyssinian Genet (G. abyssinica)
The range of this species is restricted to Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti, along with extreme northwest Somalia.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Angolan Genet (G. angolensis)
The range of this species extends through south-central Africa, from Angola in the west to Tanzania in the east.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Bourlon's Genet (G. bourloni)
The range of this species extends from Sierra Leone in the north-west to the extreme west of Cote d'Ivoire in the south-east.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Crested Genet (G. cristata)
The range of this species is restricted to south-east Nigeria and south-west Cameroon.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Feline Genet (G. felina)
The range of this species extends throughout southern Africa from Angola and Zambia in the north, south to South Africa.
Photo by @KevinVar
Small-spotted Genet (G. genetta)
The range of this species extends across much of central sub-Saharan Africa from Mauritania in the west to Sudan in the east, and Tanzania in the south-east, along with populations across north Africa from Morocco in the west to Libya in the east, the southern Arabian Peninsula and potentially-introduced populations in the Iberian Peninsula and southern France.
Photo by @Maguari
Johnston's Genet (G. johnstoni)
The range of this species extends through coastal West Africa from south Guinea to the extreme south-west of Ghana.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Rusty-spotted Genet (G. maculata)
The range of this species extends across much of sub-Saharan Africa from south Burkina Faso and Ghana in the west, to Eritrea in the east and south to central Namibia and eastern South Africa.
Photo by @Giant Eland
Pardine Genet (G. pardina)
The range of this species extends throughout the West African coastline, from the extreme south of Mauritania in the north-west to Togo in the south-east.
Photo by @zoogiraffe
Aquatic Genet (G. piscivora)
The range of this species is restricted to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between the Congo River and Rift Valley.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
King Genet (G. poensis)
The range of this species is restricted to a pair of disjunct populations in Liberia and Ghana; the species has not been recorded since 1946 and may be extinct.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Servaline Genet (G. servalina)
The range of this species extends throughout Equatorial Africa from the Congo Basin in the west, eastwards to west Kenya and with disjunct populations in Tanzania.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Haussa Genet (G. thierryi)
The range of this species extends across West Africa from northern Senegal to Nigeria and Cameroon.
Photo by @sooty mangabey
Cape Genet (G. tigrina)
The range of this species is restricted to South Africa.
Photo by @alexkant
Giant Forest Genet (G. victoriae)
The range of this species is restricted to the eastern portion of the Democratic Republic of Congo, possibly extending into the extreme west of Uganda and Rwanda.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Poiana
Leighton's Oyan (Poiana leightoni)
The range of this species is restricted to south-west Cote d'Ivoire and western Liberia.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Richardson's Oyan (Poiana richardsonii)
The range of this species extends throughout the Congo Basin from south Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of Congo as far as the Rift Valley.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Viverra
Malabar Large-spotted Civet (V. civettina)
The range of this species is restricted to the Western Ghats of India; it may be extinct and has been proposed to represent merely an introduced population of V. megaspila.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Large-spotted Civet (V. megaspila)
The range of this species extends from southern China into Indochina and Peninsular Malaysia.
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Malayan Civet (V. tangalunga)
The native range of this species extends across Peninsular Malaysia south into Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi and the Philippines. Introduced in Java.
Photo by @Maguari
Large Indian Civet (V. zibetha)
The range of this species extends from north-east India and Bhutan in the west, through southern and central China into Indochina and Peninsular Malaysia in the southeast.
Photo by @Maguari
Viverricula
Small Indian Civet (V. indica)
The range of this species covers much of southern Asia, from Pakistan in the west through the Indian Subcontinent, southern and central China and Indochina into Sumatra, Java and Bali in the east.
Photo by @Vision
so the list of species requiring a photograph is as follows:
will add them eventually - intend to do a big re-edit of the thread to make it match with other photographic guides by including subspecies and therefore adding extra photos where appropriate, so shall add them in then.