African civet vs teatree

Civettictis civetta compared with Polyscias fruticosa

Key Differences

• African civet is Least Concern while teatree is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African civet	teatree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Apiales (Apiales)
Family	Viverridae	Araliaceae
Genus	Civettictis	Polyscias
Species	Civettictis civetta	Polyscias fruticosa

Conservation Status

African civet

LC — Least Concern

teatree

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African civet	teatree
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.

teatree

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea, Mauritius, Seychelles), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.