African Civet

Civettictis civetta

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
OrderCarnivora (Carnívors)
FamilyViverridae (Civets, Genets, and Oyans)
GenusCivettictis (African Civets)
SpeciesCivettictis civetta (African Civet)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Amboseli National Park

4 Verified records at Amboseli National Park

☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

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. It has been listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List since 2008. In some countries, it is threatened by hunting, and wild-caught individuals are kept for producing civetone for the perfume industry. The African civet is primarily nocturnal and spends the day sleeping in dense vegetation, but wakes up at sunset. It is a solitary mammal with a unique coloration: the black and white blotches covering its coarse pelage and rings on the tail are an effective cryptic pattern. The black bands surrounding its eyes closely resemble those of the raccoon. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Amboseli National Park

Genetta genetta

Crocuta crocuta

Panthera leo

Acinonyx jubatus

Leptailurus serval

Mungos mungo

Otocyon megalotis

Canis lupaster

Helogale parvula

Herpestes ichneumon

Ichneumia albicauda

Panthera pardus

See all 12 relatives Show fewer

📅 Monthly Probability

📊

Fewer than 5 records of African Civet at Amboseli National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Niokolo-Koba National Park	🇸🇳 Senegal	30–40%
2	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	20–30%
3	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	20–30%
4	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	20–30%
5	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	20–30%
6	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	10–20%
7	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	5–10%
8	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	5–10%
9	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	Insufficient data
10	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	Insufficient data
11	Selous Game Reserve	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
12	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	Insufficient data
13	Taï National Park	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	Insufficient data
14	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data
15	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	Insufficient data
16	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
17	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
18	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	Insufficient data
19	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	Insufficient data
20	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	Insufficient data
21	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
22	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
23	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	Insufficient data
24	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	Insufficient data
25	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	Insufficient data
26	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	Insufficient data
27	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
28	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data

← Back to Amboseli National Park

African Civet

Closest Relatives at Amboseli National Park

Northern Small-spotted Genet

Spotted Hyena

Lion

Cheetah

Serval

Banded Mongoose

Bat-eared Fox

African Golden Wolf

Common Dwarf Mongoose

Egyptian Mongoose

White-tailed Mongoose

Leopard

📅 Monthly Probability

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found