Civettictis civetta (carnivore)
Variant names: Viverra civetta

Mass: 14 kg based on Ayalew et al. 2013 and Anadu et al. 1988

Diet: frugivore-insectivore based on Bekele et al. 2008; invertivore-frugivore based on Ray and Sunquist 2001

Abundance: 0.02 to 12.80% (median 0.78%)

Latitudinal range: -22.7° to 12.9°

Habitats: (6), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical savanna (9)

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Found in 23 samples

Burkina Faso: Arly National Park (2017)

Cameroon: Shum Laka rock shelter (Upper Horizon; ochre ash) (Holocene), Shum Laka rock shelter (Lower Horizon; gray ash) (Holocene), Shum Laka rock shelter (Middle/Upper Horizon; gray ash) (Holocene)

Ethiopia: Belete-Gera National Forest Priority Area (natural forest), Belete-Gera National Forest Priority Area (coffee forest)

Ghana: Mole National Park

Kenya: Enkapune Ya Muto (RBL2.3) (Holocene)

Namibia: Namib-Naukluft National Park

Republic of the Congo: Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Kouilou Département

Senegal: Drambos Cave

Tanzania: Mwanihana, Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement), Mlele Forest Reserve, Tli'ika, Kuumbi Cave (Trench 10, Phase 2) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Kuumbi Cave (Trench 10, Phase 3) (Late Pleistocene)

Togo: Fazao-Malfakassa National Park (dry season), Fazao-Malfakassa National Park (wet season)

Uganda: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Mainaro

Zimbabwe: Ingwezi Game Management Project

Size measurements:
♀ body mass8700 kgN = 1Ayalew et al. 2013
♂ body mass14000 kgN = 1Ayalew et al. 2013
body mass14800 kgN = 6Anadu et al. 1988

See also Civettictis