African civet: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the African civet lives – recorded in 9 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Civettictis civetta
Group	Mongooses, civets & genets
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	9 countries
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Viverridae

Where does the African civet live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the African civet in 9 countries and territories across Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the African civet endangered?

The African civet’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the African civet?

The African civet (Civettictis civetta) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Viverridae, genus Civettictis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the African civet

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article African civet (revision 1375338079), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q241256 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).