African civet vs Mitú Maya

Civettictis civetta compared with Miconia mituana

Key Differences

• African civet is Least Concern while Mitú Maya is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African civet	Mitú Maya
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Viverridae	Melastomataceae
Genus	Civettictis	Miconia
Species	Civettictis civetta	Miconia mituana

Conservation Status

African civet

LC — Least Concern

Mitú Maya

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African civet	Mitú Maya
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.

Mitú Maya

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.