a. Zool. [f. mod.L. Viverrid-æ (see VIVERRA) + -OUS.] Of or belonging to the Viverridæ or civet family.
1833. E. T. Bennett, in Trans. Zool. Soc., I. 137. Notice of a Mammiferous Animal from Madagascar, constituting a New Form among the Viverridous Carnivora.
1834. Proc. Zool. Soc., I. 46. Description of a Viverridous Animal from Madagascar.
