African civet vs African Sober

Civettictis civetta compared with Aproaerema polychromella

Key Differences

• African civet is Least Concern while African Sober is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African civet	African Sober
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Viverridae	Gelechiidae
Genus	Civettictis	Aproaerema
Species	Civettictis civetta	Aproaerema polychromella

Evolutionary Relationship

African civet and African Sober share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

African civet

LC — Least Concern

African Sober

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African civet	African Sober
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Germany and Sao Tome and Principe.

African Sober

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and South Africa.

African civet

The African civet (Civettictis civetta) is a species in the genus Civettictis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, found across Germany and Sao Tome and Principe.

African Sober

The African Sober (Aproaerema polychromella) is a species in the genus Aproaerema. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.