African Civet
Field guide
mammal ·

African Civet

Civettictis civetta

Overview

Kruger National Park, Amboseli National Park and Mapungubwe National Park are the three atlas places where the African Civet is recorded. Its records concentrate most heavily in Kenya, Côte d’Ivoire, South Africa, Benin and Uganda. This member of the Viverridae family is documented across 16 countries, and the atlas holds 471 records of the species. The map displays its full range within the atlas territories.

Records
471
Countries
16
Atlas places
3
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the African Civet as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Kenya
    25 km zone · high confidence · 439 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Côte d’Ivoire
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 14 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • South Africa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 5 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Benin
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 4 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Uganda
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 4 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Burundi
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 3 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Zambia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 2 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Guinea
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Niger
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Angola
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of African Civet