Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| binturong | a small Asiatic civet of the genus Arctilis. |
| civet | any of several carnivorous mammals of the Asian and African family Viverridae, which also includes the genets and mongooses. |
| civetlike | like a civet. |
| delundung | an East Indian carnivorous mammal resembling a civet, but without scent pouches. It is handsomely spotted. |
| fossa | a red-brown catlike viverrid mammal of Madagascar. Pl. FOSSAS. Also FOUSSA. Can also mean the depression in which the nostril is located, with pl. FOSSAE |
| foussa | a red-brown catlike viverrid mammal of Madagascar. Also FOSSA. |
| genet | an animal allied to the civet. Also GENETTE. Can also mean a small Spanish horse, a jenny donkey, with variants GENNET, JENNET. |
| ichneumon | the Egyptian mongoose, found over much of Africa and parts of southern Europe. [Gk. ichneumon, literally tracker, ichneuein, to hunt after, from ichnos, a track]. |
| linsang | a civet-like animal of Borneo. |
| mangouste | a MONGOOSE. |
| meercat meerkat | a S. African carnivore, the SURICATE, related to the ICHNEUMON. |
| mongoose | an Indian animal of the civet family, a great slayer of snakes and rats > MONGOOSES or MONGEESE. [Marathi mangus]. See also MUNGOOSE, MANGOUSTE. |
| mungoose | a MONGOOSE. Pl. MUNGOOSES (not MUNGEESE). |
| musang | a civet-like animal of S. Asia, aka PARADOXURE. [Malay 'wild cat']. |
| nandine | a W. African carnivorous mammal, aka palm-civet. |
| paradoxure paradoxurine | a civet-like animal of S. Asia. |
| rasse | a carnivore allied to the civet but smaller, native of China and the East Indies. |
| suricate | a S. African carnivore, aka MEERKAT, related to the ICHNEUMON. |
| urva | the crab-eating mongoose of SE Asia. |
| viverra | a genus of carnivores which comprises the civets. [L. viverra, a ferret]. |
| viverrid | a member of the civet family. [L. viverra, ferret]. |
| viverrine | of or like the ferret or the civet family. |
| zibet zibeth | a civet cat. [Arabic zabad, musky perfume]. |