Acrid lettuce vs Malagasy civet

Lactuca virosa compared with Fossa fossana

Key Differences

• Acrid lettuce is Not Evaluated while Malagasy civet is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Acrid lettuce	Malagasy civet
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Eupleridae
Genus	Lactuca	Fossa
Species	Lactuca virosa	Fossa fossana

Conservation Status

Acrid lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Malagasy civet

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Acrid lettuce	Malagasy civet
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Acrid lettuce

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (12 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

Malagasy civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Acrid lettuce

The Acrid lettuce (Lactuca virosa) is a species in the genus Lactuca. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions, found across Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, and Czech Republic.