Malagasy civet vs Stink-Kassie

Fossa fossana compared with Senna occidentalis

Key Differences

• Malagasy civet is Vulnerable while Stink-Kassie is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malagasy civet	Stink-Kassie
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Raubtiere)	Fabales (Schmetterlingsblütenartige)
Family	Eupleridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Fossa	Senna
Species	Fossa fossana	Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Malagasy civet

VU — Vulnerable

Stink-Kassie

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malagasy civet	Stink-Kassie
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malagasy civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stink-Kassie

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).