African civet

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

African Civet Media

• African civet.jpg

  Afrikanische Zibetkatze