Viverra nigra Desmarest, 1820 Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank SPECIES Classification kingdom Animalia phylum Chordata class Mammalia order Carnivora family Mephitidae genus Mephitis species Mephitis mephitis Name Homonyms Viverra nigra Desmarest, 1820 Viverra nigra Peale & Palisot de Beauvois, 1796