Malayan civet vs Tickclover

Viverra tangalunga compared with Desmodium incanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Malayan civet Tickclover
Kingdom Animalia (动物界) Plantae (植物)
Phylum Chordata (脊索动物门) Magnoliophyta (木兰植物门)
Class Mammalia (哺乳動物) Magnoliopsida (木兰纲)
Order Carnivora (食肉目) Fabales (豆目)
Family Viverridae Fabaceae
Genus Viverra Desmodium
Species Viverra tangalunga Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Malayan civet

LC — Least Concern

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Malayan civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Malayan civet

No description available.

Tickclover

No description available.

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