🐾African civet
De Afrikaanse civetkat (Civettictis civetta) is de grootste in Afrika voorkomende civetkatachtige. Soms wordt de Afrikaanse civetkat in het geslacht Viverra geplaatst, maar meestal in zijn eigen geslacht, Civettictis.
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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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