African civet vs Prickly Heath

Civettictis civetta compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

• African civet is Least Concern while Prickly Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African civet	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Viverridae	Ericaceae
Genus	Civettictis	Gaultheria
Species	Civettictis civetta	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

African civet

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African civet	Prickly Heath
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.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

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.