Diardi’s Clouded Leopard vs lime prickly-ash

Neofelis diardi compared with Zanthoxylum fagara

Key Differences

• Diardi’s Clouded Leopard is Vulnerable while lime prickly-ash is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Diardi’s Clouded Leopard	lime prickly-ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Felidae (Cats)	Rutaceae
Genus	Neofelis (Clouded Leopards)	Zanthoxylum
Species	Neofelis diardi	Zanthoxylum fagara

Conservation Status

Diardi’s Clouded Leopard

VU — Vulnerable

lime prickly-ash

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Diardi’s Clouded Leopard	lime prickly-ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Diardi’s Clouded Leopard

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lime prickly-ash

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.