Civette africaine vs Cuscute des champs

Civettictis civetta compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Civette africaine is Least Concern while Cuscute des champs is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Civette africaine	Cuscute des champs
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (carnivores)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Viverridae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Civettictis	Cuscuta
Species	Civettictis civetta	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Civette africaine

LC — Least Concern

Cuscute des champs

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Civette africaine	Cuscute des champs
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Civette africaine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Germany and Sao Tome and Principe.

Cuscute des champs

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

Civette africaine

The African civet (Civettictis civetta) is a species in the genus Civettictis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, found across Germany and Sao Tome and Principe.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇩🇪 Germany 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe