Fishing Cat vs round-leaf cassia

Prionailurus viverrinus compared with Chamaecrista rotundifolia

Key Differences

• Fishing Cat is Vulnerable while round-leaf cassia is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fishing Cat	round-leaf cassia
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	Chamaecrista
Species	Prionailurus viverrinus	Chamaecrista rotundifolia

Conservation Status

Fishing Cat

VU — Vulnerable

round-leaf cassia

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fishing Cat	round-leaf cassia
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fishing Cat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

round-leaf cassia

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Zimbabwe), Asia (India), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).