Brown palm civit, Jerdon's palm civit vs Oriental House Rat

Paradoxurus jerdoni compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown palm civit, Jerdon's palm civit	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class same	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Mammalia (Säugetiere)
Order	Carnivora (Raubtiere)	Rodentia (Nagetiere)
Family	Viverridae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Paradoxurus	Rattus
Species	Paradoxurus jerdoni	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Brown palm civit, Jerdon's palm civit and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Säugetiere)

Conservation Status

Brown palm civit, Jerdon's palm civit

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown palm civit, Jerdon's palm civit	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown palm civit, Jerdon's palm civit

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Oriental House Rat

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), and Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati).

Brown palm civit, Jerdon's palm civit

The Brown Palm Civit, Jerdon's Palm Civit (Paradoxurus jerdoni) is a species in the genus Paradoxurus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.