Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Prionodontinae
Prionodontinae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Prionodontinae: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Pocock (1933d) and Gregory and Hellman (1939) placed Poiana and Prionodon in the Prionodontinae, considered a sister group to the remaining viverrines. This was not followed by Gill (1872), Simpson (1945), Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951), Rosevear (1974), and Wozencraft (1989b). Gaubert et al. (2004) demonstrated that Prionodon should be excluded from the Viverrinae but left Poiana in the Viverrinae (which is followed here); however, see Hunt (2001) who included Poiana