African civet vs Wormwood Plume

Civettictis civetta compared with Hellinsia lienigianus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African civet	Wormwood Plume
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Viverridae	Pterophoridae
Genus	Civettictis	Hellinsia
Species	Civettictis civetta	Hellinsia lienigianus

Evolutionary Relationship

African civet and Wormwood Plume share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

African civet

LC — Least Concern

Wormwood Plume

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African civet	Wormwood Plume
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.

Wormwood Plume

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), South Africa, Zimbabwe), Asia (8 countries), Europe (23 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇩🇪 Germany