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African civet
Civettictis civetta 11.jpg
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Genus:
Civettictis
Species:
civetta
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

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.

Images for kids

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    Drawing of an African civet

  • African civet

    Head of African civet

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Civeta africana para niños

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