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mammal · Carnivora · Viverridae

African Civet

Civettictis civetta (Schreber, 1776) — also called Civet, civet cat. Occurrence records of the African Civet are shared on GBIF from around 11 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Kruger National Park (13 records), in 2 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernViverridae
11reserves with records
65records around them
2provinces
LCIUCN category
African Civet (Civettictis civetta)
Photo: John Gerrard Keulemans / Richard Lydekker · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

ReserveProvinceRecords
Kruger National ParkNational parkLP Limpopo13
Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation AreaTransfrontier areaLP Limpopo12
Waterberg BiosphereBiosphere reserveLP Limpopo11
Manyeleti Game ReservePrivate game reserveMP Mpumalanga11
Mapungubwe National ParkNational parkLP Limpopo4
Makalali ReserveGame reserveLP Limpopo3
Lejwe La Metsi Private ReservePrivate game reserveLP Limpopo3
Medike Mountain SanctuaryNature reserveLP Limpopo2
Klaserie Game ReserveGame reserveMP Mpumalanga2
Lapalala WildernessGame reserveLP Limpopo2
EWT Medike ReserveNature reserveLP Limpopo2

By province

Limpopo
9 reserves
Mpumalanga
2 reserves

Taxonomy

Class
Mammalia
Scientific name
Civettictis civetta
GBIF taxon
2434634
Wikidata
Q241256

More of the Viverridae family

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.