Civettictis is a genus of viverrid, family Viverridae, containing a single extant species, the African civet, native across Africa, plus two extinct relatives known from the fossil record, one of them from the Plio-Pleistocene of South Africa; the lineage extends from the Late Pliocene to the present. The African civet belongs to the subfamily Viverrinae alongside the genera Viverra and Viverricula, and phylogenetic study indicates Civettictis and Viverra diverged from a common ancestor roughly 12.3 million years ago.
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Taxonomic Rank Member Count Band Era First Appeared Classification
Living or Extinct Connections
Parent Taxon Of
Source African civet (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ17355875, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Civettictis
Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)View the Source 3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Civettictis
Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCountQuote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
"speciesExtantCount": 1
4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Civettictis
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)Quote, Taxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
"taxon_name": "Civettictis" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 11.63 ... "early_interval": "Tortonian"
Wikidata: Civettictis
Wikidata Q17355875, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source African civet (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: African civet, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: African civet, Lead
The African civet (Civettictis civetta) is a large viverrid native to sub-Saharan Africa, where it is considered common and widely distributed in woodlands and secondary forests.
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