cheken vs Fishing Cat

Luma chequen compared with Prionailurus viverrinus

Key Differences

• cheken is Least Concern while Fishing Cat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	cheken	Fishing Cat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Myrtaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Luma	Prionailurus
Species	Luma chequen	Prionailurus viverrinus

Conservation Status

cheken

LC — Least Concern

Fishing Cat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	cheken	Fishing Cat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

cheken

Habitat

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

Fishing Cat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

cheken

The cheken (Luma chequen) is a species in the genus Luma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.