Balloon vine vs Formosan Serow

Cardiospermum halicacabum compared with Capricornis swinhoei

Key Differences

• Balloon vine is Not Evaluated while Formosan Serow is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Balloon vine	Formosan Serow
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Sapindaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Cardiospermum	Capricornis
Species	Cardiospermum halicacabum	Capricornis swinhoei

Conservation Status

Balloon vine

NE — Not Evaluated

Formosan Serow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Balloon vine	Formosan Serow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Balloon vine

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (12 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Formosan Serow

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Balloon vine

The Balloon vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum) is a species in the genus Cardiospermum. Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan