African civet vs Red Balau

Civettictis civetta compared with Shorea carapae

Key Differences

• African civet is Least Concern while Red Balau is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African civet	Red Balau
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Viverridae	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Civettictis	Shorea
Species	Civettictis civetta	Shorea carapae

Conservation Status

African civet

LC — Least Concern

Red Balau

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African civet	Red Balau
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.

Red Balau

Habitat

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

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.