Malayan civet vs red spiderling

Viverra tangalunga compared with Boerhavia diffusa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Malayan civet red spiderling
Kingdom Animalia (동물) Plantae (식물)
Phylum Chordata (척삭동물) Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)
Class Mammalia (포유류) Magnoliopsida (목련강)
Order Carnivora (식육목) Caryophyllales (석죽목)
Family Viverridae Nyctaginaceae
Genus Viverra Boerhavia
Species Viverra tangalunga Boerhavia diffusa

Conservation Status

Malayan civet

LC — Least Concern

red spiderling

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Malayan civet red spiderling
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

red spiderling

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (7 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Malayan civet

No description available.

red spiderling

No description available.

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