Tigerkatze vs Limabohne

Leopardus tigrinus compared with Phaseolus lunatus

Key Differences

• Tigerkatze is Vulnerable while Limabohne is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Tigerkatze	Limabohne
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Raubtiere)	Fabales (Schmetterlingsblütenartige)
Family	Felidae (Cats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Leopardus	Phaseolus
Species	Leopardus tigrinus	Phaseolus lunatus

Conservation Status

Tigerkatze

VU — Vulnerable

Limabohne

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Tigerkatze	Limabohne
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Tigerkatze

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Limabohne

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇻🇪 Venezuela