African civet vs large-seed dodder

Civettictis civetta compared with Cuscuta indecora

Key Differences

• African civet is Least Concern while large-seed dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African civet	large-seed dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Viverridae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Civettictis	Cuscuta
Species	Civettictis civetta	Cuscuta indecora

Conservation Status

African civet

LC — Least Concern

large-seed dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African civet	large-seed dodder
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.

large-seed dodder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Argentina, Brazil, and 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.