African civet
| Common name | Scientific name | Average weight of adult male | Average length or shoulder height | Diet | How do they live | Feeding time | Gestation period | Number of young at birth |
| Civet, African | Civettictis civetta | 11 kg | omnivorous | solitary | night | 2 months | 2-4 young |
This nocturnal animal is most active about an hour or so after dark when they search for insects, mice, reptiles, frogs, birds and they would even scavenge and eat fruit.
I unfortunately killed one of these many years ago in the Caprivi strip of Namibia when it ran across the road and I couldn't stop the vehicle in time. It had such a nice skin so I wanted to skin it but dropped it quickly when all it's parasites, ticks and lice started to climb on me...
They are only found in the north-eastern part of the subcontinent.