African Civet
Civettictis civetta
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 879
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The African civet (Civettictis civetta) is a large viverrid native to sub-Saharan Africa, where it is considered common and widely distributed in woodlands and secondary forests. It has been listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List since 2008. In some countries, it is threatened by hunting, and wild-caught individuals are kept for producing civetone for the perfume industry.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “African civet”.