Fat-tailed Jird vs Malayan civet

Pachyuromys duprasi compared with Viverra tangalunga

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Fat-tailed Jird Malayan civet
Kingdom same Animalia (animal) Animalia (animal)
Phylum same Chordata (Chordates) Chordata (Chordates)
Class same Mammalia (mammifères) Mammalia (mammifères)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Carnivora (carnivores)
Family Muridae (Mice & Rats) Viverridae
Genus Pachyuromys Viverra
Species Pachyuromys duprasi Viverra tangalunga

Evolutionary Relationship

Fat-tailed Jird and Malayan civet share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mammifères)

Conservation Status

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Malayan civet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Fat-tailed Jird Malayan civet
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Malayan civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fat-tailed Jird

No description available.

Malayan civet

No description available.

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