Bushy-tailed olingo vs Chickenweed

Bassaricyon gabbii compared with Portulaca quadrifida

Key Differences

• Bushy-tailed olingo is Least Concern while Chickenweed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bushy-tailed olingo	Chickenweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Procyonidae (Raccoons)	Portulacaceae
Genus	Bassaricyon	Portulaca
Species	Bassaricyon gabbii	Portulaca quadrifida

Conservation Status

Bushy-tailed olingo

LC — Least Concern

Chickenweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bushy-tailed olingo	Chickenweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bushy-tailed olingo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Chickenweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands).

Bushy-tailed olingo

The Bushy-tailed olingo (Bassaricyon gabbii) is a species in the genus Bassaricyon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chickenweed

The Chickenweed (Portulaca quadrifida) is a species in the genus Portulaca. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.