Diardi’s Clouded Leopard vs Starfruit

Neofelis diardi compared with Damasonium alisma

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Diardi’s Clouded Leopard	Starfruit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Felidae (Cats)	Alismataceae
Genus	Neofelis (Clouded Leopards)	Damasonium
Species	Neofelis diardi	Damasonium alisma

Conservation Status

Diardi’s Clouded Leopard

VU — Vulnerable

Starfruit

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Diardi’s Clouded Leopard	Starfruit
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Diardi’s Clouded Leopard

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Starfruit

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, flooded grasslands and savannas, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Egypt and Portugal. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.