African civet

African civet
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Viverridae
Genus:	Civettictis; Pocock, 1915
Species:	C. 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 ;

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.

References

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

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

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