Civettictis fossil map
Where fossils of Civettictis have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 0 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 0 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 11.63 million years ago to the present (Tortonian to Holocene) |
| Periods | Neogene, Quaternary |
| Family | Viverridae |
| Named by | Pocock 1915 |
| Fossil records | 14 occurrences at 7 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Kenya, Tanzania, DR Congo, Sudan |
| Rock formations | txn:40997, Nachukui, Nawata and Nachukui, Magabet |
About Civettictis
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 and Civettictis vulpidens.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Civettictis (revision 1378135748), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q17355875.
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