Malayan civet vs Shellplant

Viverra tangalunga compared with Alpinia zerumbet

Key Differences

• Malayan civet is Least Concern while Shellplant is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan civet	Shellplant
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Liliopsida (単子葉植物綱)
Order	Carnivora (ネコ目)	Zingiberales (ショウガ目)
Family	Viverridae	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Viverra	Alpinia
Species	Viverra tangalunga	Alpinia zerumbet

Conservation Status

Malayan civet

LC — Least Concern

Shellplant

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan civet	Shellplant
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shellplant

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Portugal, Spain), North America (Cuba, Nicaragua, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador).