five-leaf crotalaria vs Margay

Crotalaria quinquefolia compared with Leopardus wiedii

Key Differences

• five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern while Margay is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	five-leaf crotalaria	Margay
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	Crotalaria	Leopardus
Species	Crotalaria quinquefolia	Leopardus wiedii

Conservation Status

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Margay

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	five-leaf crotalaria	Margay
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).

Margay

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.