Bellyache bush vs Fishing Cat

Jatropha gossypiifolia compared with Prionailurus viverrinus

Key Differences

• Bellyache bush is Not Evaluated while Fishing Cat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bellyache bush	Fishing Cat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Euphorbiaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Jatropha	Prionailurus
Species	Jatropha gossypiifolia	Prionailurus viverrinus

Conservation Status

Bellyache bush

NE — Not Evaluated

Fishing Cat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bellyache bush	Fishing Cat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bellyache bush

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (11 countries), North America (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia).

Fishing Cat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bellyache bush

The Bellyache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolia) is a species in the genus Jatropha. Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.