Australian waterbuttons vs Malayan civet

Cotula australis compared with Viverra tangalunga

Key Differences

• Australian waterbuttons is Not Evaluated while Malayan civet is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Australian waterbuttons	Malayan civet
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Viverridae
Genus	Cotula	Viverra
Species	Cotula australis	Viverra tangalunga

Conservation Status

Australian waterbuttons

NE — Not Evaluated

Malayan civet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Australian waterbuttons	Malayan civet
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Australian waterbuttons

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), and South America (6 countries).

Malayan civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Australian waterbuttons

The Australian waterbuttons (Cotula australis) is a species in the genus Cotula. Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.