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SpeciesCarnivoraViverridae
Carnivores

🐾African civet

Civettictis civetta (Schreber, 1776)

Afrikansivettikissa eli afrikansivetti (Civettictis civetta) on suurin Afrikassa esiintyvistä sivettikissoista. Afrikansivettejä esiintyy rannikolta rannikolle läpi Saharan eteläpuolisen Afrikan.

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≈ 1/5th of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
14 kg
Body length
0.84 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
28 years
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Everything we know about the African civet

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
14 kg
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 14 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
0.84 m
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Brain mass
39 g
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Maximum lifespan
28 years
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  • 28 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
8.88 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Age at maturity
286 days
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Gestation
68 days
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 65 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
about 2
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 2.5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Omnivore
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Population density
1 per km²
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
14 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for African civet yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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More about the African civet

Closest relative on this site
🐈 Binturong — last shared an ancestor ≈ 14 million years ago.
What it eats
warm-blooded animals20%
reptiles, fish and amphibians20%
fruit20%
leaves, roots and other plants20%
insects and other invertebrates10%
carrion10%
In other languages
Afrika-Zibetkatze (de), Civettictis civetta (fr), cyweta afrykańska (pl), Civettictis civetta (es), afrikai cibetmacska (hu), Civettictis civetta (it) … and 20 more languages
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