false pepperwort vs Fishing Cat

Marsilea crenata compared with Prionailurus viverrinus

Key Differences

• false pepperwort is Least Concern while Fishing Cat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	false pepperwort	Fishing Cat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Marsileaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Marsilea	Prionailurus
Species	Marsilea crenata	Prionailurus viverrinus

Conservation Status

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Fishing Cat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	false pepperwort	Fishing Cat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

Fishing Cat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.