Garlic Snail vs Leightons linsang

Oxychilus alliarius compared with Poiana leightoni

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Garlic Snail	Leightons linsang
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Oxychilidae	Viverridae
Genus	Oxychilus	Poiana
Species	Oxychilus alliarius	Poiana leightoni

Evolutionary Relationship

Garlic Snail and Leightons linsang share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Garlic Snail

VU — Vulnerable

Leightons linsang

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Garlic Snail	Leightons linsang
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Garlic Snail

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Chile). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Leightons linsang

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.