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In the [[Republic of Congo]], it was recorded in the [[Western Congolian forest–savanna mosaic]] of [[Odzala-Kokoua National Park]] during surveys in 2007.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Henschel, P. |author2=Malanda, G.A. |author3=Hunter, L. |year=2014 |title=The status of savanna carnivores in the Odzala-Kokoua National Park, northern Republic of Congo |journal=Journal of Mammalogy |volume=95 |issue=4 |pages=882–892 |doi=10.1644/13-MAMM-A-306|doi-access=free }}</ref>
In the transboundary [[Dinder National Park|Dinder]]–[[Alatash National Park|Alatash]] ([[Sudan]] and [[Ethiopia]]) protected area complex it was recorded during surveys between 2015 and 2018.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Bauer, H. |author2=Mohammed, A.A. |author3=El Faki, A. |author4=Hiwytalla, K.O. |author5=Bedin, E. |author6=Rskay, G. |author7=Sitotaw, E. |author8=Sillero-Zubiri, C. |display-authors=3 |year=2018 |title=Antelopes of the Dinder-Alatash transboundary Protected Area, Sudan and Ethiopia |journal=Gnusletter |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=26–30 |url=https://www.marwell.org.uk/media/other/GNUSLETTER_Vol_35_12018.pdf#page=26 |access-date=2018-12-03 |archive-date=2021-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129192754/https://www.marwell.org.uk/media/other/GNUSLETTER_Vol_35_12018.pdf#page=26 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is also frequently spotted in [[Ethiopia]]'s northern [[Degua Tembien]] massif.<ref name= "Aerts2019"/>
==Behaviour and ecology==
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=== Feeding ===
Research in southeastern Nigeria revealed that the African civet has an [[omnivorous]] diet. It feeds on [[rodents]] like [[giant pouched rat]]s (''Cricetomys''), [[Temminck's mouse]] (''Mus musculoides''), [[Tullberg's soft-furred mouse]] (''Praomys tulbergi''), [[greater cane rat]] (''Thryonomys swinderianus''), [[typical striped grass mouse]] (''Lemniscomys striatus''), [[amphibian]]s and small [[reptile]]s like [[Hallowell's toad]] (''Amietophrynus maculatus''), herald snake (''[[Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia]]''), [[black-necked spitting cobra]] (''Naja nigricollis''), [[common agama]] (''Agama agama''), ''[[Mabuya]]'' skinks, insects such as [[Orthoptera]], [[Coleoptera]] as well as eggs, fruits, berries and seeds.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Angelici, F. M. |year=2000 |title=Food habits and resource partitioning of carnivores (Herpestidae, Viverridae) in the rainforests of southeastern Nigeria: preliminary results |journal=Revue d'Écologie (La Terre et la Vie) |volume=55 |pages=67–76 |url=http://documents.irevues.inist.fr/bitstream/handle/2042/55398/RevuedEcologie_2000_55_1_67.pdf?sequence=1 |access-date=2018-11-24 |archive-date=2017-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817165645/http://documents.irevues.inist.fr/bitstream/handle/2042/55398/RevuedEcologie_2000_55_1_67.pdf?sequence=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Stomach content of three African civets in Botswana included foremost husks of fan palm (''[[Hyphaene petersiana]]'') and jackalberry (''[[Diospyros mespiliformis]]''), and some remains of [[African red toad]] (''Schismaderma carens''), [[Acrididae]] grasshoppers and larvae of [[Dytiscidae]] beetles.<ref name=Smithers1971>{{cite book |last=Smithers |first=R. H. N. |year=1971 |title=The Mammals of Botswana |publisher=University of Pretoria |location=Pretoria |chapter=''Viverra civetta'' |pages=162−163}}</ref>
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