coral-bean vs Fossa

Erythrina fusca compared with Cryptoprocta ferox

Key Differences

• coral-bean is Least Concern while Fossa is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	coral-bean	Fossa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Fabaceae	Eupleridae
Genus	Erythrina	Cryptoprocta
Species	Erythrina fusca	Cryptoprocta ferox

Conservation Status

coral-bean

LC — Least Concern

Fossa

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	coral-bean	Fossa
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).

Fossa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.