Cape cheesewood vs Formosan Serow

Pittosporum viridiflorum compared with Capricornis swinhoei

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cape cheesewood	Formosan Serow
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Apiales (Apiales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Pittosporaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Pittosporum	Capricornis
Species	Pittosporum viridiflorum	Capricornis swinhoei

Conservation Status

Cape cheesewood

LC — Least Concern

Formosan Serow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cape cheesewood	Formosan Serow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cape cheesewood

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Guinea, India, Jamaica, and United States.

Formosan Serow

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Cape cheesewood

The Cape cheesewood (Pittosporum viridiflorum) is a species in the genus Pittosporum. 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 Neotropic biogeographic realm.