coral-bean vs Fishing Cat

Erythrina fusca compared with Prionailurus viverrinus

Key Differences

• coral-bean is Least Concern while Fishing Cat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	coral-bean	Fishing 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	Erythrina	Prionailurus
Species	Erythrina fusca	Prionailurus viverrinus

Conservation Status

coral-bean

LC — Least Concern

Fishing Cat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	coral-bean	Fishing Cat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

coral-bean

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe), Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Fishing Cat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.