Bed-jacket vs Fossa

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Cryptoprocta ferox

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Fossa is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Fossa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Sapindaceae	Eupleridae
Genus	Alectryon	Cryptoprocta
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Cryptoprocta ferox

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Fossa

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Fossa
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.

Fossa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.