Viverricula indica vs civet cat

Viverricula indica and civet cat both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Viverricula indica	Yes	No	No	No
civet cat	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, civet cat is a hypernym of Viverricula indica; that is, civet cat is a word with a broader meaning than Viverricula indica:

Other hypernyms of Viverricula indica include civet.

Viverricula indica (noun)	civet cat (noun)
a common civet of southeast Asia	cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes
	raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings