viverrine vs civet cat

viverrine and civet cat both are nouns.

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

As nouns, civet cat is a hyponym of viverrine; that is, civet cat is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than viverrine:

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

Other hyponyms of viverrine include civet, Cryptoprocta ferox, fossa, fossa cat, genet, Genetta genetta, mongoose, meerkat, mierkat.

viverrine (noun)	civet cat (noun)
small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World	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