African civet

African civet
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Unrecognized taxon (fix):	Civettictis
Species:	Template:Taxonomy/CivettictisC. civetta
Binomial name
	Civettictis civetta; (Schreber, 1776)
Subspecies
	C. c. civetta (Schreber, 1776); C. c. congica Cabrera, 1929; C. c. schwarzi Cabrera, 1929; C. c. australis Lundholm, 1955; C. c. volkmanni Lundholm, 1955; C. c. pauli Kock, Künzel and Rayaleh, 2000
	Range of the African civet
Synonyms
	List

The African civet (Civettictis civetta) is a large type of civet in the family Viverridae. It is native to Sub-Saharan Africa . It is a Least Concern species. In some countries, it is threatened by hunting, and wild African civets are kept for producing civetone to make some types of perfume.

African Civet Media

Afrikanische Zibetkatze

References

↑ Do Linh San, E.; Gaubert, P.; Wondmagegne, D. & Ray, J. (2015). "Civettictis civetta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2015: e.T41695A45218199.

[iucn-1] Do Linh San, E.; Gaubert, P.; Wondmagegne, D. & Ray, J. (2015). "Civettictis civetta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2015: e.T41695A45218199.

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African civet

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Unrecognized taxon (fix):	Civettictis
Species:	Template:Taxonomy/CivettictisC. civetta
Binomial name
*Civettictis civetta* (Schreber, 1776)
Subspecies
C. c. civetta (Schreber, 1776) C. c. congica Cabrera, 1929 C. c. schwarzi Cabrera, 1929 C. c. australis Lundholm, 1955 C. c. volkmanni Lundholm, 1955 C. c. pauli Kock, Künzel and Rayaleh, 2000

Range of the African civet
Synonyms
List Viverra civetta Schreber, 1776 V. poortmanni Pucheran, 1855