Ear tree vs Marbled cat

Enterolobium cyclocarpum compared with Pardofelis marmorata

Key Differences

• Ear tree is Least Concern while Marbled cat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ear tree	Marbled cat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Fabaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Enterolobium	Pardofelis
Species	Enterolobium cyclocarpum	Pardofelis marmorata

Conservation Status

Ear tree

LC — Least Concern

Marbled cat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ear tree	Marbled cat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ear tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Marbled cat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.