African civet vs fire moss

Civettictis civetta compared with Ceratodon purpureus

Key Differences

• African civet is Least Concern while fire moss is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African civet	fire moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Dicranales (Dicranales)
Family	Viverridae	Ditrichaceae
Genus	Civettictis	Ceratodon
Species	Civettictis civetta	Ceratodon purpureus

Conservation Status

African civet

LC — Least Concern

fire moss

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African civet	fire moss
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.

fire moss

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, Colombia).

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.