1) Genus viverra 2) Mammal genus 
Viverra is a mammalian genus that was first nominated and described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 as comprising several species including the large Indian civet. The genus was subordinated to the viverrid family by John Edward Gray in 1821. ==Characteristics== Viverra species are distinguished externally from the other genera of the Viverrinae by the s...
• (n.) A genus of carnivores which comprises the civets.
(from the article `viverrid`) ...the secretions of most civets are strong and disagreeable, those of African civets (Civettictis civetta) are musky and have a pleasant odour. ...
Vi·ver'ra noun [ Latin , a ferret.] (Zoology) A genus of carnivores which comprises the civets. 
[n] - type genus of the family Viverridae
genus Viverra noun type genus of the family Viverridae