Ear tree vs Malayan civet

Enterolobium cyclocarpum compared with Viverra tangalunga

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Ear tree Malayan civet
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Fabales (Legumes & Allies) Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family Fabaceae Viverridae
Genus Enterolobium Viverra
Species Enterolobium cyclocarpum Viverra tangalunga

Conservation Status

Ear tree

LC — Least Concern

Malayan civet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Ear tree Malayan civet
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ear tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Malayan civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ear tree

No description available.

Malayan civet

No description available.

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