Crested Cow-Wheat vs Flat-headed cat

Melampyrum cristatum compared with Prionailurus planiceps

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crested Cow-Wheat	Flat-headed cat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Orobanchaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Melampyrum	Prionailurus
Species	Melampyrum cristatum	Prionailurus planiceps

Conservation Status

Crested Cow-Wheat

EN — Endangered

Flat-headed cat

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crested Cow-Wheat	Flat-headed cat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crested Cow-Wheat

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.