Elephant Palm vs Malayan civet

Borassus aethiopum compared with Viverra tangalunga

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elephant Palm	Malayan civet
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Arecaceae	Viverridae
Genus	Borassus	Viverra
Species	Borassus aethiopum	Viverra tangalunga

Conservation Status

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Malayan civet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elephant Palm	Malayan civet
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elephant Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Yemen.

Malayan civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.