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African civet (Civettictis civetta)
| Subject:  | African civet (Civettictis civetta) 
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 Title	Deutsch-Ostafrika, Ziebethkatze 
 Original caption	Ziebethkatze
 Depicted place	Deutsch-Ostafrika
 Date	between 1906 and 1918
 Photographer	Walther Dobbertin (1882–1961)  
 Institution	German Federal Archives  Sammlung Walther Dobbertin (Bild 105)
 Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_105-DOA0094,_Deutsch-Ostafrika,_Ziebethkatze.jpg
 
 The African civet (Civettictis civetta) is the largest representative of the African Viverridae and the sole member of its genus. It is considered common and widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa. Like all civets it has perineal glands that produce a fluid known as civet, which it spreads on markers in its territory to claim its range. It is used in the perfume industry.
 Order:	Carnivora
 Family:	Viverridae
 Subfamily:	Viverrinae
 Genus:	Civettictis
 Species:	Civettictis civetta (Schreber, 1776)
 Synonyms:
 Viverra civetta Schreber, 1776
 Viverra poortmanni Pucheran, 1855  
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 Scientific Name:	Civettictis civetta (Schreber, 1776)
 Synonyms: Osbornictis civetta, Viverra civetta
 Common Names:
 English	–	African Civet
 French	–	Civette africaine, Civette d'Afrique |  
 
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