African civet vs sweet tanglehead

Civettictis civetta compared with Heteropogon melanocarpus

Key Differences

• African civet is Least Concern while sweet tanglehead is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African civet	sweet tanglehead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Viverridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Civettictis	Heteropogon
Species	Civettictis civetta	Heteropogon melanocarpus

Conservation Status

African civet

LC — Least Concern

sweet tanglehead

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African civet	sweet tanglehead
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.

sweet tanglehead

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Guinea.

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.