What is African Civet?
catettictis catenetta or African catet is primarily a night, omnipotent mammal in the family Viverridae. African civilians inhabit South and Central Africa, living mainly near permanent water formations and between high grass and thickets of forests and savannas. They are lonely creatures except mating. Civets communicate with various calls, scents and fertilizers. It scares, deforestation and use in traditional medicine and in the perfume industry drastically reduced the Civet population.
Six subspecies of African catet, which are closely related to Mongoos, spend the day going to bed in tall, strong grass of southern and Central African forest and savannas areas. They are most active just before sunset until midnight and can be seen in open areas during this time. Little mammals, eggs, carrion, mill, snakes and plants make up most of the diet of African catet.
Fully adult African CIVET is long and stocky, between 41-70 inches (104-177.8 centimeters) long, including its tail of 17-24 inches (43-61 centimeters) and weighs £ 26-33 (12-15 kilograms). He wears a raccoon -like mask that reaches over his little black eyes and down the top mouth. The body is covered with a two -layer coat of brown, silver or cream fur and two black stripes around the neck. The short mane extends along the back along the spine to the tail. When the animal is frightened, the mane becomes erect, so African catet seems greater than it really is.
African cities living in West Africa have been behaving all year round. Those in Central and South Africa behave during the warm season or from March to January, when the insect population increases. Male and female catets will achieve sexual maturity in about seven months. Most women have two or three litters each year and can produce up to four puppies in each. Female catets with puppies produce their nests in underground holes left by other animals.
After the gestational period 60-70 days with AfricanCivet chicks are born with soft, dark fur and light marks. They can crawl at birth and are able to walk within five days. Mothers treat puppies for about six weeks. They are based on the nest 18 days after birth. Puppies begin to catch little prey of eight weeks, although their mother brings them most of their solid food until they have their hunting skills.
The area is indicated by the excretion of the musk aroma through the perineal gland and on the rock or other subjects. African civiltets attract a friend, leaving piles of fertilizers smelling with the anal gland. These animals can rule to communicate with other civilians or call for a friend. The most common vocalization is the sound of "ha, ha, ha", even if they are able to growl, scream and spit cough.
African catet fur is used in some traditional African folk medicine. Bags often hunt civet to provide fur on this market. However, deforestation of habitats and poaching civets dramatically reduced the population of these animals in freeNature. In the past, especially before the arrival of synthetic musk scents, the perineal glands of the African civilt were expressed for use in some perfume formulations; This practice still appears to this day, albeit much less often.