Kletterfeige vs Baummarder, Edelmarder

Ficus pumila compared with Martes martes

Key Differences

Kletterfeige is Not Evaluated while Baummarder, Edelmarder is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Kletterfeige	Baummarder, Edelmarder
Kingdom	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Säugetiere)
Order	Rosales (Rosenartige)	Carnivora (Raubtiere)
Family	Moraceae	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)
Genus	Ficus	Martes
Species	Ficus pumila	Martes martes

Conservation Status

Kletterfeige

NE — Not Evaluated

Baummarder, Edelmarder

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Kletterfeige	Baummarder, Edelmarder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Kletterfeige

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles), Asia (India, Singapore), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Spain), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Baummarder, Edelmarder

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Kletterfeige

Climbing Fig, Ficus pumila, is a small-leaved, self-clinging vine in the family Moraceae native to eastern Asia, including China, Japan, Vietnam, and adjacent regions. It attaches firmly to walls, tree trunks, and rock surfaces using adhesive root-like holdfasts that grip the substrate tightly. The juvenile foliage consists of small, heart-shaped leaves that cover the climbing surface densely, while adult foliage on mature, non-climbing branches is larger and leathery. Climbing Fig produces the characteristic enclosed fig inflorescences (syconia) on adult branches, filled with small flowers pollinated by specialized fig wasps in a tight co-evolutionary relationship. The small, fleshy figs are produced abundantly on mature plants and are eaten by birds and mammals, facilitating seed dispersal. The species is one of the most widely cultivated ornamental climbers in warm climates worldwide, used to clothe walls, fences, pergolas, and buildings in gardens across the Mediterranean, subtropical, and tropical regions. It can cause long-term damage to masonry when holdfasts penetrate cracks. In suitable warm climates outside its native range, Climbing Fig can escape cultivation and become naturalized. The species is not threatened in its native Asian range.

Baummarder, Edelmarder

European pine marten (Martes martes) is classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List. Facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild due to severe population decline and habitat loss.