cat's-claw vs Jungle cat

Pithecellobium unguis-cati compared with Felis chaus

Key Differences

• cat's-claw is Not Evaluated while Jungle cat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	cat's-claw	Jungle cat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Fabaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Pithecellobium	Felis (Small Cats)
Species	Pithecellobium unguis-cati	Felis chaus

Conservation Status

cat's-claw

NE — Not Evaluated

Jungle cat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	cat's-claw	Jungle cat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

cat's-claw

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (India), North America (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras), and South America (Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela).

Jungle cat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Russia.

cat's-claw

The Cat's-claw (Pithecellobium unguis-cati) is a species in the genus Pithecellobium. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.