vs Malayan civet

Galerina calyptrata compared with Viverra tangalunga

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Malayan civet
Kingdom Fungi (Fungi) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Basidiomycota (Club Fungi) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms) Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family Hymenogastraceae Viverridae
Genus Galerina Viverra
Species Galerina calyptrata Viverra tangalunga

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Malayan civet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Malayan civet
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Malayan civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Galerina calyptrata is a small, brown saprotrophic mushroom in the family Strophariaceae, growing on decaying mosses and woody debris in boreal and alpine forest habitats. Like other Galerina species, it has a small, tawny cap and a thin, fragile stipe, and many members of this genus contain deadly amatoxins. It is assessed as Least Concern and is distributed across cool temperate and subarctic regions.

Malayan civet

No description available.

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