Deutsch: Die Civetten oder afrikanische Zibethkatzen
Date 28 October 1843
Source Illustrirte Zeitung, Nr. 18 vom 28. Oktober 1843, J. J. Weber, Leipzig 1843. MDZ München
Author Johann Jacob Weber (Hrsg.), 1803–1880
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Illustrirte_Zeitung_(1843)_18_285_1_Die_Civetten_oder_afrikanische_Zibethkatzen.PNG

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.