Viverravinae ("ancestors of viverrids") is an extinct subfamily of mammals from extinct family Viverravidae, that lived from the early Palaeocene to the middle Eocene in North America, Asia and Europe.

Classification and phylogeny

Classification

  • Subfamily: †Viverravinae (Wortman & Matthew, 1899) Genus: †Simpsonictis (MacIntyre, 1962) †Simpsonictis jaynanneae (Rigby, 1980) †Simpsonictis pegus (Gingerich & Winkler, 1985) †Simpsonictis tenuis (Simpson, 1935) Genus: †Viverravus (Marsh, 1872) †Viverravus acutus (Matthew & Granger, 1915) †Viverravus gracilis (Marsh, 1872) †Viverravus lawsoni (Hooker, 2010) †Viverravus laytoni (Gingerich & Winkler, 1985) †Viverravus lutosus (Gazin, 1952) †Viverravus minutus (Wortman, 1901) †Viverravus politus (Matthew & Granger, 1915) †Viverravus rosei (Polly, 1997) †Viverravus sicarius (Matthew, 1909) †Viverravus sp. [V11141] (Meng, 1998) †Viverravus sp. [Locality Group 2, Washakie Basin, Wyoming] (Tomiya, 2021) Genus: †Viverriscus (Beard & Dawson, 2009) †Viverriscus omnivorus (Beard & Dawson, 2009)