Bed-jacket vs Cat flea

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Ctenocephalides felis

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Cat flea is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Cat flea
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Siphonaptera (Siphonaptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Pulicidae
Genus	Alectryon	Ctenocephalides
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Ctenocephalides felis

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Cat flea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Cat flea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

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).

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Cat flea

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