Flat-headed Kusimanse vs utile

Crossarchus platycephalus compared with Entandrophragma utile

Key Differences

• Flat-headed Kusimanse is Least Concern while utile is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flat-headed Kusimanse	utile
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Herpestidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Crossarchus	Entandrophragma
Species	Crossarchus platycephalus	Entandrophragma utile

Conservation Status

Flat-headed Kusimanse

LC — Least Concern

utile

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Flat-headed Kusimanse	utile
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flat-headed Kusimanse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

utile

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.