black wattle vs Fossa

Acacia aulacocarpa compared with Cryptoprocta ferox

Key Differences

• black wattle is Least Concern while Fossa is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black wattle	Fossa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Fabaceae	Eupleridae
Genus	Acacia	Cryptoprocta
Species	Acacia aulacocarpa	Cryptoprocta ferox

Conservation Status

black wattle

LC — Least Concern

Fossa

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black wattle	Fossa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black wattle

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Samoa.

Fossa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

black wattle

The black wattle (Acacia aulacocarpa) is a species in the genus Acacia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found in Samoa.