Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Carnivora
- ---- family: Viverridae
- ----- species: Civettictis civetta
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Characteristics: | omnivore; height: 40 cm; the body is silver or cream in colour with distict, black stripes and spots on the hindquarters; a black mark begins between the ears and extends to the tip of the tail; the legs are black; the face is black around the eyes, grey on the forehead and white around the muzzle; |
Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- MZ
- Mozambique
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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Ecoregions: |
- AT0128
- Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
- AT0717
- Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0719
- Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0726
- Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0907
- Zambezian flooded grasslands
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References: | Cillié 1997: 142 |