viverrine vs mongoose

viverrine and mongoose both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
viverrine	Yes	No	No	No
mongoose	Yes	No	No	No

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

viverrine: small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World
mongoose: agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents

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

viverrine (noun)	mongoose (noun)
small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World	agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents