Elephant Palm vs Malaysian Weasel

Borassus aethiopum compared with Mustela nudipes

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elephant Palm	Malaysian Weasel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Arecaceae	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)
Genus	Borassus	Mustela
Species	Borassus aethiopum	Mustela nudipes

Conservation Status

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Malaysian Weasel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elephant Palm	Malaysian Weasel
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.

Malaysian Weasel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.