African civet vs Chinese-pepper

Civettictis civetta compared with Zanthoxylum simulans

Key Differences

• African civet is Least Concern while Chinese-pepper is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African civet	Chinese-pepper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Viverridae	Rutaceae
Genus	Civettictis	Zanthoxylum
Species	Civettictis civetta	Zanthoxylum simulans

Conservation Status

African civet

LC — Least Concern

Chinese-pepper

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African civet	Chinese-pepper
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.

Chinese-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Taiwan and United States.

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.

Chinese-pepper

The Chinese-pepper (Zanthoxylum simulans) is a species in the genus Zanthoxylum. Distributed across Taiwan and United States.