Brown palm civit, Jerdon's palm civit vs Chickenweed

Paradoxurus jerdoni compared with Portulaca quadrifida

Key Differences

• Brown palm civit, Jerdon's palm civit is Least Concern while Chickenweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown palm civit, Jerdon's palm civit	Chickenweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Viverridae	Portulacaceae
Genus	Paradoxurus	Portulaca
Species	Paradoxurus jerdoni	Portulaca quadrifida

Conservation Status

Brown palm civit, Jerdon's palm civit

LC — Least Concern

Chickenweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown palm civit, Jerdon's palm civit	Chickenweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown palm civit, Jerdon's palm civit

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chickenweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands).

Brown palm civit, Jerdon's palm civit

The Brown Palm Civit, Jerdon's Palm Civit (Paradoxurus jerdoni) is a species in the genus Paradoxurus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chickenweed

The Chickenweed (Portulaca quadrifida) is a species in the genus Portulaca. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.