Viverravidae ("ancestors of viverrids") is an extinct monophyletic family of mammals from extinct superfamily Viverravoidea within the clade Carnivoramorpha, that lived from the early Palaeocene to the late Eocene in North America, Europe and Asia.

[8][9] Wang and Tedford propose that they arose in North America 66–60 million years ago, spread to Asia then later to Europe, and were the first carnivoramorphans and possessed the first true pair of carnassial teeth.

Taxonomy retrieved from the Paleobiology Database[11] The phylogenetic relationships of family Viverravidae are shown in the following cladogram:[3][12][13][14][15] Carnivoraformes †Carnivoramorpha sp.

(Locality Group 2, Washakie Basin, Wyoming) †Viverravus gracilis †Viverravus lutosus †Viverravus acutus †Viverravus rosei †Viverravus laytoni †Viverravus sp.

(CM 71188 & CM 71189) †Bryanictis microlestes †Bryanictis paulus †Bryanictis terlinguae †Intyrictis vanvaleni †Protictis haydenianus †Protictis minor †Protictis simpsoni †Raphictis gausion †Raphictis iota †Raphictis machaera †Raphictis nanoptexis †Protictis paralus †Protictis agastor †Protictis aprophatos †Pristinictis connata †"Deltatherium" durini †Didymictis dellensis †Didymictis proteus †Didymictis sp.