Malayan civet vs gengibre-concha

Viverra tangalunga compared with Alpinia zerumbet

Key Differences

• Malayan civet is Least Concern while gengibre-concha is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Malayan civet	gengibre-concha
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Carnivora (carnívoros)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Viverridae	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Viverra	Alpinia
Species	Viverra tangalunga	Alpinia zerumbet

Conservation Status

Malayan civet

LC — Least Concern

gengibre-concha

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Malayan civet	gengibre-concha
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

gengibre-concha

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).