Malayan civet vs Water spangles

Viverra tangalunga compared with Salvinia minima

Key Differences

• Malayan civet is Least Concern while Water spangles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan civet	Water spangles
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Viverridae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Viverra	Salvinia
Species	Viverra tangalunga	Salvinia minima

Conservation Status

Malayan civet

LC — Least Concern

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan civet	Water spangles
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Water spangles

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Sri Lanka), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).