African civet vs Coyote gourd

Civettictis civetta compared with Cucurbita cordata

Key Differences

• African civet is Least Concern while Coyote gourd is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African civet	Coyote gourd
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Cucurbitales (Cucurbitales)
Family	Viverridae	Cucurbitaceae
Genus	Civettictis	Cucurbita
Species	Civettictis civetta	Cucurbita cordata

Conservation Status

African civet

LC — Least Concern

Coyote gourd

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African civet	Coyote gourd
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.

Coyote gourd

Habitat

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

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.