Garden sorrel vs Jungle cat

Rumex acetosa compared with Felis chaus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Garden sorrel	Jungle cat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Polygonaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Rumex	Felis (Small Cats)
Species	Rumex acetosa	Felis chaus

Conservation Status

Garden sorrel

LC — Least Concern

Jungle cat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Garden sorrel	Jungle cat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Garden sorrel

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Chad), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (9 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

Jungle cat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Russia.