Fishing Cat vs five-leaf crotalaria

Prionailurus viverrinus compared with Crotalaria quinquefolia

Key Differences

• Fishing Cat is Vulnerable while five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fishing Cat	five-leaf crotalaria
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Felidae (Cats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Prionailurus	Crotalaria
Species	Prionailurus viverrinus	Crotalaria quinquefolia

Conservation Status

Fishing Cat

VU — Vulnerable

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fishing Cat	five-leaf crotalaria
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fishing Cat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).