Balloon vine vs Malayan civet

Cardiospermum halicacabum compared with Viverra tangalunga

Key Differences

• Balloon vine is Not Evaluated while Malayan civet is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Balloon vine	Malayan civet
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Sapindaceae	Viverridae
Genus	Cardiospermum	Viverra
Species	Cardiospermum halicacabum	Viverra tangalunga

Conservation Status

Balloon vine

NE — Not Evaluated

Malayan civet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Balloon vine	Malayan civet
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Balloon vine

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 (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (12 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Malayan civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Balloon vine

The Balloon vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum) is a species in the genus Cardiospermum. 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.