African civet vs Hortle's whipray

Civettictis civetta compared with Pateobatis hortlei

Key Differences

• African civet is Least Concern while Hortle's whipray is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African civet	Hortle's whipray
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Myliobatiformes (Myliobatiformes)
Family	Viverridae	Dasyatidae
Genus	Civettictis	Pateobatis
Species	Civettictis civetta	Pateobatis hortlei

Evolutionary Relationship

African civet and Hortle's whipray share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

African civet

LC — Least Concern

Hortle's whipray

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African civet	Hortle's whipray
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.

Hortle's whipray

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.