Bellyache bush vs Jungle cat

Jatropha gossypiifolia compared with Felis chaus

Key Differences

• Bellyache bush is Not Evaluated while Jungle cat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bellyache bush	Jungle 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	Felis (Small Cats)
Species	Jatropha gossypiifolia	Felis chaus

Conservation Status

Bellyache bush

NE — Not Evaluated

Jungle cat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bellyache bush	Jungle 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).

Jungle cat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Russia.

Bellyache bush

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