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| | Number of Subspecies: | 06 | | Subspecies: | 01. Civettictis civetta civetta - Southern Mauritania and Senegal east to Ethiopia and Somalia, Gabon
02. C.c. australis - Eastern Botswana to Zambia and Malawi up to Mozambique and southern to South-Africa and Swaziland
03. C.c. congica - Sudan, DR Congo, Rwanda, Angola and Northern Zambia
04. C.c. pauli - Djibouti
05. C.c. schwarzi - Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania togehter with Zanzibar
06. C.c. volkmanni - Namibia and Botswana
| | Information Source for Taxonomy: | Wilson, Don E. / Mittermeier, Russell A. HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD; Vol. 1 - Carnivores, 2009
| | Range: | Mauritana, Senegal, Ethiopia, Somalia, Gabon, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, South-Africa, Swaziland, Sudan, DR Congo, Rwanda, Angola, Djibouti, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Namibia, | | Habitat: | Forests and open habitats | | Head-Torso-Length: | 67 - 84 cm | | Tail length: | 35 - 47 cm | | Weight: | 7 - 20 kg | | Food: | Invertebrates, small vertebrates, fruits, eggs, grass | | IUCN status: | LC (Least Concern)
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