African civet vs southern elder

Civettictis civetta compared with Sambucus australis

Key Differences

• African civet is Least Concern while southern elder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African civet	southern elder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Dipsacales (Dipsacales)
Family	Viverridae	Viburnaceae
Genus	Civettictis	Sambucus
Species	Civettictis civetta	Sambucus australis

Conservation Status

African civet

LC — Least Concern

southern elder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African civet	southern elder
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.

southern elder

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Brazil.

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.