coral-bean vs Mexican cottontail

Erythrina fusca compared with Sylvilagus cunicularius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	coral-bean	Mexican cottontail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Fabaceae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Erythrina	Sylvilagus
Species	Erythrina fusca	Sylvilagus cunicularius

Conservation Status

coral-bean

LC — Least Concern

Mexican cottontail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	coral-bean	Mexican cottontail
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).