What is African civet?
{{speciesbox | name= African civet | image= Civettictis civetta 11.jpg | range_map = African Civet area.png | range_map_caption = Range of the African civet | status= LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |title=''Civettictis civetta'' |author1=Do Linh San, E. |author2= Gaubert, P. |author3=Wondmagegne, D. |author4=Ray, J. |name-list-style=amp |date=2015 |page=e.T41695A45218199}}</ref> | genus= Civettictis | parent_authority = [[R. I. Pocock|Pocock]], 1915 | species = civetta | authority = ([[Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber|Schreber]], 1776) | synonyms= {{collapsible list|title=List |''Viverra civetta'' <small>Schreber, 1776</small> |''V. poortmanni'' <small>[[Jacques Pucheran|Pucheran]], 1855</small> }} | synonyms_ref = | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision= ''C. c. civetta'' <small>(Schreber, 1776)</small><br> ''C. c. congica'' <small>[[Ángel Cabrera (naturalist)|Cabrera]], 1929</small><br> ''C. c. schwarzi'' <small>Cabrera, 1929</small><br> ''C. c. australis'' <small>Lundholm, 1955</small><br> ''C. c. volkmanni'' <small>Lundholm, 1955</small><br> ''C. c. pauli'' <small>Kock, Künzel and Rayaleh, 2000</small> }} The '''African civet''' (''Civettictis civetta'') is a large type of civet in the family [[Viverridae]]. It is native to [[Sub-Saharan Africa]] . It is a [[Least Concern]] species. In some countries, it is threatened by [[hunting]], and wild African civets are kept for producing [[civetone]] to make some types of [[perfume]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q241256}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Viverrids]] [[Category:Mammals of Africa]]