African civet vs Incan shrew opossum

Civettictis civetta compared with Lestoros inca

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African civet	Incan shrew opossum
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Paucituberculata (Paucituberculata)
Family	Viverridae	Caenolestidae
Genus	Civettictis	Lestoros
Species	Civettictis civetta	Lestoros inca

Evolutionary Relationship

African civet and Incan shrew opossum share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

African civet

LC — Least Concern

Incan shrew opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African civet	Incan shrew opossum
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.

Incan shrew opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.