African civet vs Shelled Slug

Civettictis civetta compared with Testacella haliotidea

Key Differences

• African civet is Least Concern while Shelled Slug is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African civet	Shelled Slug
Kingdom same	Animalia (hewan)	Animalia (hewan)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Moluska)
Class	Mammalia (mamalia)	Gastropoda (siput)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Viverridae	Testacellidae
Genus	Civettictis	Testacella
Species	Civettictis civetta	Testacella haliotidea

Evolutionary Relationship

African civet and Shelled Slug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (hewan)

Conservation Status

African civet

LC — Least Concern

Shelled Slug

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African civet	Shelled Slug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Germany and Sao Tome and Principe.

Shelled Slug

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (9 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

African civet

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 1 countries:

🇩🇪 Germany