Blackboard Tree vs puma

Alstonia scholaris compared with Puma concolor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	puma
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Apocynaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Alstonia	Puma (Pumas)
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Puma concolor

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

puma

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	puma
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

puma

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, United States, and Venezuela.

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.