Cape fox vs Cultivated Lettuce

Vulpes chama compared with Lactuca sativa

Key Differences

• Cape fox is Least Concern while Cultivated Lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cape fox	Cultivated Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Canidae (Dogs & Wolves)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Vulpes (Foxes)	Lactuca
Species	Vulpes chama	Lactuca sativa

Conservation Status

Cape fox

LC — Least Concern

Cultivated Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cape fox	Cultivated Lettuce
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cape fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cultivated Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (25 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (6 countries).

Cape fox

The Cape fox (Vulpes chama) is a species in the genus Vulpes. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.