black pepper vs Malayan civet

Piper nigrum compared with Viverra tangalunga

Key Differences

• black pepper is Not Evaluated while Malayan civet is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black pepper	Malayan civet
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Piperales (Piperales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Piperaceae	Viverridae
Genus	Piper	Viverra
Species	Piper nigrum	Viverra tangalunga

Conservation Status

black pepper

NE — Not Evaluated

Malayan civet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black pepper	Malayan civet
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black pepper

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (Afghanistan, Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Malayan civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

black pepper

The Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a species in the genus Piper. Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.