Big-Leaf Maple vs Cat flea

Acer macrophyllum compared with Ctenocephalides felis

Key Differences

• Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while Cat flea is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	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	Acer	Ctenocephalides
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Ctenocephalides felis

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Cat flea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Cat flea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-Leaf Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Ireland, and United States.

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).

Big-Leaf Maple

The Big-Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) is a species in the genus Acer. 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇺🇸 United States