African civet vs silver nailroot

Civettictis civetta compared with Paronychia argentea

Key Differences

• African civet is Least Concern while silver nailroot is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African civet	silver nailroot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Viverridae	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Civettictis	Paronychia
Species	Civettictis civetta	Paronychia argentea

Conservation Status

African civet

LC — Least Concern

silver nailroot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African civet	silver nailroot
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.

silver nailroot

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Belgium, and Sweden.

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.