Otter Civet or Cat Fish
By azim86am
@azim86am (6)
Malaysia
June 2, 2008 3:52am CST
Do you know that cat fish and otter civet are look like the same. I do a research about civet and i found out that the otter civet and cat fish just like the same.
http://fisher-cat-pictures.blogspot.com/
i just want to make sure are they same species or not and what is the cat fish family?Is it cat?
1 response
@irdsm1 (288)
• United States
2 Jun 08
The fisher cat is a musstellid, and is closely related to the weasel. The otter civet is from the family Viverridae which is related to genets. Neither are techincally cats and they come from different areas of the world.
The taxonomic tree for the fisher cat is Carnivora Caniformia Arctoidea Musteloidea Mustelidae Martes Species: M. pennanti
The taxonomic tree for the otter civet is Carnivora Feliformia Viverridae Hemigalinae Cynogale Species: C. bennettii
Dan
