African civet vs False Puffball

Civettictis civetta compared with Reticularia lycoperdon

Key Differences

• African civet is Least Concern while False Puffball is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African civet	False Puffball
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Protozoa (protozoa)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mycetozoa
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Cribrariales (Cribrariida)
Family	Viverridae	Tubiferaceae
Genus	Civettictis	Reticularia
Species	Civettictis civetta	Reticularia lycoperdon

Conservation Status

African civet

LC — Least Concern

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African civet	False Puffball
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.

False Puffball

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.