civet cat vs viverrine

civet cat and viverrine both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
civet cat	Yes	No	No	No
viverrine	Yes	No	No	No

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

civet cat: cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes
viverrine: small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World

Other hypernyms of civet cat include viverrine mammal.

civet cat (noun)	viverrine (noun)
cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes	small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World
raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings