Macadamia vs Malagasy civet

Macadamia integrifolia compared with Fossa fossana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Macadamia	Malagasy civet
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Proteales (Proteales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Proteaceae	Eupleridae
Genus	Macadamia	Fossa
Species	Macadamia integrifolia	Fossa fossana

Conservation Status

Macadamia

VU — Vulnerable

Malagasy civet

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Macadamia	Malagasy civet
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Macadamia

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and montane grasslands and shrublands spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.