Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple vs Fossa

Acer negundo compared with Cryptoprocta ferox

Key Differences

• Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple is Not Evaluated while Fossa is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple	Fossa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Sapindaceae	Eupleridae
Genus	Acer	Cryptoprocta
Species	Acer negundo	Cryptoprocta ferox

Conservation Status

Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple

NE — Not Evaluated

Fossa

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple	Fossa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, South Africa), Asia (6 countries), Europe (36 countries), North America (Guatemala, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

Fossa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple

The Box-elder, Ash-leaved Maple (Acer negundo) is a species in the genus Acer. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.