Malayan civet vs sweet tanglehead

Viverra tangalunga compared with Heteropogon melanocarpus

Key Differences

• Malayan civet is Least Concern while sweet tanglehead is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan civet	sweet tanglehead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Viverridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Viverra	Heteropogon
Species	Viverra tangalunga	Heteropogon melanocarpus

Conservation Status

Malayan civet

LC — Least Concern

sweet tanglehead

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan civet	sweet tanglehead
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

sweet tanglehead

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Guinea.