Fossa vs four-leaf devil-pepper

Cryptoprocta ferox compared with Rauvolfia tetraphylla

Key Differences

• Fossa is Vulnerable while four-leaf devil-pepper is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fossa	four-leaf devil-pepper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Eupleridae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Cryptoprocta	Rauvolfia
Species	Cryptoprocta ferox	Rauvolfia tetraphylla

Conservation Status

Fossa

VU — Vulnerable

four-leaf devil-pepper

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fossa	four-leaf devil-pepper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fossa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

four-leaf devil-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Colombia, India, and Taiwan.