African civet vs Slingshot

Civettictis civetta compared with Tabernaemontana laurifolia

Key Differences

• African civet is Least Concern while Slingshot is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African civet	Slingshot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Viverridae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Civettictis	Tabernaemontana
Species	Civettictis civetta	Tabernaemontana laurifolia

Conservation Status

African civet

LC — Least Concern

Slingshot

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African civet	Slingshot
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.

Slingshot

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.