A 2006
phylogenetic study showed that the African civet is closely related to the genus
Viverra. It was estimated that the
Civettictis-
Viverra clade diverged from
Viverricula around 16.2
Mya; the African civet split from
Viverra 12.3 Mya. The authors suggested that the
subfamily Viverrinae should be bifurcated into Genettinae (
Poiana and
Genetta) and Viverrinae (
Civettictis,
Viverra and
Viverricula). The following cladogram is based on this study. |1=
Genetta |2=
Poiana }} }} }} ==References==