African palm civet | |
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A mounted specimen in Manchester Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Superfamily: | Nandinioidea |
Family: | Nandiniidae Pocock, 1929 |
Genus: | Nandinia Gray, 1843 |
Species: | N. binotata
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Binomial name | |
Nandinia binotata (Gray, 1830)
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African palm civet range | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Viverra binotata Gray 1830 |
The African palm civet (Nandinia binotata), also known as the two-spotted palm civet, is a small feliform mammal widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa. It is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List.[1]