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==Taxonomy and evolution==
''Viverra civetta'' was the [[scientific name]] introduced in 1776 by [[Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber]] when he described African civets based on previous descriptions and accounts.<ref>{{cite book |author=Schreber, J. C. D. |year=1778 |chapter=Die Civette ''Viverra civetta'' |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/SaYugthiereAbbiIIISchr#page/418/mode/2up |pages=418–420 |title=Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen |location=Erlangen |publisher=Wolfgang Walther}}</ref> Schreber is therefore considered the [[Binomial nomenclature#Authority|binomial authority]].<ref name=msw3/>
In 1915, [[Reginald Innes Pocock]] described the structural differences between feet of African and [[large Indian civet]] (''Viverra zibetha'') specimens in the zoological collection of the [[Natural History Museum, London]]. Because of marked differences, he proposed ''Civettictis'' as a new [[Genus (biology)|genus]], with ''C. civetta'' as only species.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pocock |first1=R. I. |year=1915 |title=On the Feet and Glands and other External Characters of the Viverrinae, with the description of a New Genus |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |pages=131−149 |url=https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofzoo19151298zool/page/130}}</ref>
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==Characteristics==
{{multiple image |align=left |direction=vertical |image1=Description iconographique comparée du squelette et du système dentaire des mammifères récents et fossiles (Civettictis civetta skull).jpg |caption1=Skull |image2=Description iconographique comparée du squelette et du système dentaire des mammifères récents et fossiles (Civettictis civetta).jpg |caption2=Skeleton}}
[[Image:AfricanCivet.jpg|thumb|Drawing of an African civet]]
The African civet has a coarse and wiry [[fur]] that varies in colour from white to creamy yellow to reddish on the back. The stripes, spots, and blotches are deep brown to black. Horizontal lines are prominent on the hind limbs, spots are normally present on its midsection and fade into vertical stripes above the forelimbs. Its muzzle is pointed, ears small and rounded. A black band stretches across its small eyes, and two black bands are around its short broad neck. Following the spine of the animal extending from the neck to the base of the tail is the erectile [[Dorsum (anatomy)|dorsal]] crest. The hairs of the erectile crest are longer than those of the rest of the pelage.<ref name=Ray/>
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