African civet vs Foxtail

Civettictis civetta compared with Amaranthus caudatus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African civet	Foxtail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Viverridae	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Civettictis	Amaranthus
Species	Civettictis civetta	Amaranthus caudatus

Conservation Status

African civet

LC — Least Concern

Foxtail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African civet	Foxtail
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.

Foxtail

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (11 countries), Europe (27 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇩🇪 Germany 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe