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	Civet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Civet cat is an imprecise term that is used for a variety of cat-like creatures such as the Ringtail or North American Civet Cat (Bassariscus astutus), related to the raccoons; the musk-producing African Civet Cat (Civettictis civetta); Asian Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis — a true cat) and African Wildcat (Felis libyca — a true cat).
		Civets are omnivorous, supplementing a meat diet (both hunted and scavenged) with fruit, eggs, and possibly roots.
		One of the Common Palm Civet's favorite fruits is the coffee "berry." The coffee bean within often survives, and it is sometimes gathered and sold as caphe cut chon (fox-dung coffee) in Vietnam or Kopi Luwak (civet coffee) in Indonesia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Civet (714 words)

	Civet
		Civets are omnivorous, supplementing a meat diet (both hunted and scavenged) with fruit, eggs, fish, insects, and possibly roots.
		Civet is used to refer to the musk they produce, as well as the animals themselves: it is used in small quantities in some perfumes.
		Despite their endangered species status, civets are also prized for their meat; it has been suggested that the practice of eating them may have resulted in the SARS virus outbreak[?] of 2002.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/vi/Viverridae.html (194 words)

	African Civet \| South Eastern Africa... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The African Civet has short, dense fur that is a greyish colour, with fl spots arranged in rows along their bodies.
		African Civet females are sexually active at one year old and may have two litters a year.
		The African Civet, inhabits the savannahs and the forests of southern and central Africa.
	www.safari.co.za /africa_civet.html (675 words)

	civet - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Civet, common name for about 30 species of somewhat catlike, carnivorous mammals (Carnivore).
		Civets are native to the warm regions of Southeast...
		Binturong, also known as bear cat, the largest of several species of the civet, a catlike mammal.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /civet.html (112 words)

	African Civet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The African Civet is a common viverrid that ranges across tropical Africa.
		Like all civets it has perianal glands that produces a fluid known as civetone (used in the perfume industry), which it spreads on markers in its territory to claim its range.
		The African Civet is an omnivorous generalist, taking both small vertebrates, invertebrates, eggs, carrion, and vegetable matter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/African_Civet (288 words)

	R-Zu-2-U - African Civet
		African Civets are suprizingly affectionate to their keepers.
		The African Civet (Civettictis civetta) is found in forests and savannahs on the lower two thirds of the continent of Africa.
		As late as 8 years ago, 3,000 civets were still maintained in Africa for this use and the musk was selling for over $200 per lb., a tidy sum for that area.
	www.treasureranch.com /treasure/rzuinfofiles/afcivet.html (479 words)

	Lioncrusher's Domain -- African Civet (Civettictis civetta) facts and pictures
		The African civet lives in the savannas and forests of central and southern Africa.
		TThe African civet has short, dense fur that is a greyish color, with fl spots arranged in rows along their bodies.
		African civets are primarily nocturnal, but can be seen during the day in cloudy weather and in the early mornings.
	www.lioncrusher.com /animal.asp?animal=97 (579 words)

	profumo di zibetto, civet, civette
		The African civet is the largest of 66 species that belong to the Viverridae family (Rood 2000, Kingdon 1997) and is found only in sub-Saharan Africa, specifically tropical rainforests and dry savannahs where it inhabits thickets or burrows.
		By keeping African civets in captivity it is possible to extract the musk which is then refined into a compound, civetone, and used as a fixing agent in the perfume industry.
		Civets that have been reared as cubs after being taken from the wild are friendly and allow their owners to remove musk from their glands (R-Zu-2-U 2000).
	www.profumo.it /perfume/internet-documents/civet/report.htm (3838 words)

	zibetto, civet, civette, profumi animali, aromaterapia, feromoni, pheromons, animal, scents, perfumes,parfums animaux
		The African civet (Civettictis civetta) is a sturdily built, relatively long-legged, low-slung animal that is similar in appearance to a dog, cat and genet (Kingdon 1997, R-Zu-2-U 2000).
		Tax evasion and smuggling were commonplace in the African civet musk industry until the responsibility for regulating it was given to EWCO from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in 1972 (Hillman 1992).
		Mallinson, J.J.C. The Reproduction of the African Civet Viverra civetta at Jersey Zoo.
	www.profumo.it /internet-documents/zibetto/report.htm (3851 words)

	African Civet
		The Civet is mainly a solitary animal and is territorial
		Civets are sometimes killed by Lion, Leopard and Hyena
		Man is probably the Civet's worst predator, keeping large amounts of these animals in tiny cages where the secretion from their anal gland is stolen from them.
	www.safaricamlive.com /Encyclopedia/mammals/civet/african_civet.htm (181 words)

	Civets and Genets
		The seven Asian and one African palm civet have claws that are semiretractile and a scent gland in the anal area.
		This civet is not a tree climber and looks for food on the ground during the night consisting of ground birds, insects, fruit, mammals, and retiles.
		With the torture of the African civet for the oils they produce they are not doing well.
	www.planet-pets.com /plntcivet.htm (645 words)

	Civet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Civets are the animals blamed for the S.A.R.S. virus that was responsible for many human deaths and illnesses beginning in 2003.
		Habitat: The African Civet is widely distributed in both forests and savannahs, wherever long grass or thickets are sufficient to provide daytime cover.
		Habitat: The Palm civet is a nocturnal forest dweller.
	www.bigcatrescue.org /civet.htm (997 words)

	Small Carnivores of Botswana - Jackals, small cats, foxes, honey badger
		The African civet is the largest member of this family.
		Civets are mainly carnivorous, feeding on snakes, rodents, insects, birds, spiders and millipedes.
		The African civet is widespread in northern Botswana and they are commonly seen on safari during night drives in the Okavango Delta, Linyanti and Chobe areas.
	www.african-safari-botswana.com /small-carnivores2.htm (2046 words)

	Lioncrusher's Domain -- African Palm Civet (Nandinia binotata) facts and pictures
		The African palm civet lives in the forested areas of eastern Africa, from Guinea to southern Sudan and south to northern Angola and eastern Zimbabwe.
		The African palm civet is omnivorous, and eats rodents, insects, eggs, carrion, pineapples, fallen fruit, birds and fruit bats.
		The African palm civet is primarily solitary and crepuscular (active at dusk and dawn).
	www.lioncrusher.com /animal.asp?animal=106 (403 words)

	Predator Conservation Trust: Civet information
		Civets have a gestation period of 60-70 days, and typically give birth to between 2 and 4 young.
		Civets are found in a wide range of habitats, but densely wooded areas and forests are preferred.
		The Civet is found in large parts of Africa, ranging from the Northern parts of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa in the south, and as far north as Nigeria, and ranging from the West coast of Africa to the east coast.
	www.predatorconservation.com /civet.htm (346 words)

	CBC News Indepth: SARS
		The palm civet is a tree-dwelling, fruit-eating family, with a number of species found in Africa and Asia.
		Animal rights groups say the civet is often kept in a narrow cage where, every two or three weeks, a person will grab the animal while another applies pressure to the musk gland between the genitals and the tail to extract a fatty, yellow substance that's used as the basis of perfume.
		Civet cats are carnivorous, nocturnal and live in trees or caves, eating smaller animals, insects, fruits and some vegetation.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/sars/civetcat.html (582 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The volume of musk produced by an African civet is proportional to the animal’s body mass and a large male can produce as much as 6.4 grams of musk every 5 days.
		The refined compound, civetone, was first identified in the Civet musk in the 1920's and although it has been artificially produced since then, high quality perfume producers still prefer to use civetone.
		Today, African civets are kept in captivity by civiculture farmers who keep them to collect their musk.
	www.bio.davidson.edu /people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2006/Cowley/musk.htm (231 words)

	Dave Taylor's African Safari: Trophic Level III: Omnivores and Small Carnivores - African Civet - Page 39
		Habitat: African civets are most abundant in forested and partly forested lands.
		Behavior: The African civet is mainly nocturnal and seldom seen during the day.
		Civets avoid each other unless their scent posts indicate that a female is looking for a mate.
	www.sensesofwildness.com /africa/2_4/04_39.HTM (418 words)

	vfg Civet
		Genet: The Fishing or Aquatic Genet, or Congo Water Civet, is rare and inhabits small rivers and streams of the Central Africa forest.
		Civet: The Civet may look like a cat but it is actually part of the Mongoose family.
		The African Civet is the largest of the Civets.
	www.vintagefashionguild.org /furs/civet.html (145 words)

	The Velvet Claw: Chapter 1b (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Like most true civets, African Palm Civets are primarily nocturnal foragers, gleaning prey as they meander through the canopy, occasionally taking fruit in addition to a staple diet of small vertebrates, eggs and insects.
		The civets expel the undigested kernels in their faeces and, when collected and ground, these passaged beans produce, so it is said, the finest coffee possible.
		For example, the African Civet is a robust, 12-kilogram (26-pound), dog-like creature with an intimidating mane patterned in dots and dashes.
	lynx.uio.no /jon/lynx/vcchap1b.html (3415 words)

	Botswana Wildlife - Animals and Birds of Botswana
		The impala (Aepyceros melampus) is perhaps the most beautiful of all the African antelopes and, in Botswana, it is certainly one of the most common species.
		The African civet (Civettictis civetta) is a small, racoon-like, nocturnal animal which feeds on snakes, rodents, insects and other small creatures.
		The southern African python (Python natalensis) is a very large constrictor, growing to lengths of 16 feet and weighing up to 120 pounds.
	www.african-safari-botswana.com /wildlife2.htm (1079 words)

	Print the story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The organization issued a 200-page saying African lions have disappeared from 82 percent of their historic distribution during the past several decades.
		The report looked at the conservation status of the 20 largest species of African carnivores and ranked them by various external factors, from the state of current knowledge on the species, to the threats facing each of them.
		Also making the most-vulnerable list are cheetahs and African wild dogs, which have vanished from up to 89 percent of their historical habitat, and Ethiopian wolves, which have vanished from an astonishing 98 percent of their range, the WCS said.
	www.physorg.com /printnews.php?newsid=10465 (196 words)

	The Paper Museum of Cassiano Dal Pozzo
		African civets were valued for the musk extracted from their anal glands, and specimens were imported to Italy from north Africa.
		The terminus ante quem for this specimen is established by a letter from Cassiano to Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc dated 27 April 1634, in which he mentions a drawing of an African civet among numerous zoological subjects already in the Paper Museum.
		It may be compared with the woodcut of a male civet in the Animalia Mexicana (Faber, 1628, p.580; see Freedberg, p.147).
	warburg.sas.ac.uk /pozzo/civet.html (235 words)

	African civet
		Description: This is the largest of the civets and one of the largest members of the family Viverridae.
		The coat is a contrasting mixture of fl stripes and markings on a pale background.
		Or go to the Civet Index to study other civets.
	www.americazoo.com /goto/index/mammals/290.htm (262 words)

	Mount Kenya - Africa - Safari, Wildlife, Climbs
		Mount Kenya was formed from the explosive lava flow and the rapid cooling-heating process that followed, which accumulated the debris over a period of time.
		High altitude heath between 3,000m and 3,500m is characterised by shrubs with small leaves like African sage, Protea and Helicrysum.
		The lower alpine or moorland zone (3,400-3,800m) is characterized by high rainfall, a thick humus layer, low topographic diversity, and low species richness.
	www.africanmeccasafaris.com /kenya/safaris/parks/mountkenya.asp (1355 words)

	Kakamega Forest - Kenya Birding Safari - Orthinological
		Kakamega Forest National Reserve resembles that of Central African Rainforest, ascertaining scientific theories on the expanse of the rainforest that covered Zaire and Uganda.
		Today Kakamega is a "Forest Island", which is excellent for bird watching, and in which many species not found else where in Kenya, are resident.
		The specialized species of birds include: gray parrot, great blue turaco, blue headed bee-eater, fl and white casqued hornbill, yellow-spotted barbet, hairy-breasted barbet, brown-eared and yellow crested woodpeckers, African broadbill, and many other species of illadopsis and yellow-bellied wattle-eyes.
	www.africanmeccasafaris.com /kenya/guide/kakamega.asp (144 words)

	AQS - Kenya Safaris, MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE, ABERDARE NATIONAL PARK ,MERU NATIONAL PARK ,SAMBURU TSAVO EAST ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Together with the fauna and flora, the park is endowed with variety and breathtaking scenery of cliffs, caves, waterfalls, gorges, mesas, calderas, hot springs, and the mountain peaks.
		The lake is the heart of the African continent, the source of its mightiest river, the Nile.
		In the 19th century the riddle of the Nile was one of the great enigmas of African exploration.
	www.african-quest.com /wildlife_africa/africa_safari_tours/kenya_safari.htm (3134 words)

	Fox Hunting
		Jackal hunting in South Africa dates back to 1872 when the first hounds were imported from England by the South African Government for Jackal and Caracal management amongst domestic stock farmers.
		Johan was an avid dog lover and hound enthusiast from childhood.
		For many years he has his own pack of hounds with which he hunts cats (Caracal, Serval, African Wildcat, Civet and Leopard) with foreign clients.
	www.africancats-hounds.co.za /foxes/index.htm (166 words)

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