🐾African civet
Az afrikai cibetmacska (Civettictis civetta) a cibetmacskafélék (Viverridae) családjába, a Civettictis nembe tartozó ragadozó. A Civettictis nem egyetlen faja.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.
- 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
Everything we know about the African civet
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass14 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 14 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.84 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass39 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan28 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 28 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length8.88 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity286 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation68 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 65 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2.5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density1 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l14 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyViverridae
- ›genusCivettictis
- ›speciesCivettictis civetta
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- subfamilyViverrinae
- genusCivettictis
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- subfamilyViverrinae
- genusCivettictis
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