Agarwood vs Cat flea

Aquilaria malaccensis compared with Ctenocephalides felis

Key Differences

• Agarwood is Critically Endangered while Cat flea is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Agarwood	Cat flea
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Malvales (Malvales)	Siphonaptera (Siphonaptera)
Family	Thymelaeaceae	Pulicidae
Genus	Aquilaria	Ctenocephalides
Species	Aquilaria malaccensis	Ctenocephalides felis

Conservation Status

Agarwood

CR — Critically Endangered

Cat flea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Agarwood	Cat flea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Agarwood

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Taiwan. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Cat flea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (6 countries), and North America (United States).

Agarwood

The Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis) is a species in the genus Aquilaria. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Cat flea

The Cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) is a species in the genus Ctenocephalides. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.