Civettictis

Civettictis Temporal range: Late Pliocene - Recent
African civet (Civettictis civetta)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Viverridae
Subfamily:	Viverrinae
Genus:	Civettictis Pocock, 1915
Species
Civettictis civetta †Civettictis braini

Civettictis is a genus of viverrid that contains the extant African civet (Civettictis civetta) and a recently described extinct relative from the Plio-Pleistocene of South Africa known as Civettictis braini.^[1]