Fragrant manjack vs Margay

Cordia dichotoma compared with Leopardus wiedii

Key Differences

• Fragrant manjack is Least Concern while Margay is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fragrant manjack	Margay
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Cordiaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Cordia	Leopardus
Species	Cordia dichotoma	Leopardus wiedii

Conservation Status

Fragrant manjack

LC — Least Concern

Margay

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fragrant manjack	Margay
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fragrant manjack

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burkina Faso, Mauritius), Asia (Iraq, Maldives, Taiwan), and North America (United States).

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.