five-leaf crotalaria vs Fossa

Crotalaria quinquefolia compared with Cryptoprocta ferox

Key Differences

• five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern while Fossa is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	five-leaf crotalaria	Fossa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Fabaceae	Eupleridae
Genus	Crotalaria	Cryptoprocta
Species	Crotalaria quinquefolia	Cryptoprocta ferox

Conservation Status

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Fossa

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	five-leaf crotalaria	Fossa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Fossa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.