Malayan civet vs Welsh onion

Viverra tangalunga compared with Allium fistulosum

Key Differences

• Malayan civet is Least Concern while Welsh onion is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan civet	Welsh onion
Kingdom	Animalia (प्राणी)	Plantae (पादप)
Phylum	Chordata (रज्जुकी)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (स्तनधारी)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Carnivora (मांसाहारी गण)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Viverridae	Amaryllidaceae
Genus	Viverra	Allium
Species	Viverra tangalunga	Allium fistulosum

Conservation Status

Malayan civet

LC — Least Concern

Welsh onion

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan civet	Welsh onion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Welsh onion

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 12 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Seychelles), Asia (Taiwan, Yemen), Europe (18 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Tuvalu), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.