Gato de Agua vs Ahitera

Lontra longicaudis compared with Senna occidentalis

Key Differences

• Gato de Agua is Data Deficient while Ahitera is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gato de Agua	Ahitera
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (carnívoros)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)	Fabaceae
Genus	Lontra	Senna
Species	Lontra longicaudis	Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Gato de Agua

DD — Data Deficient

Ahitera

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gato de Agua	Ahitera
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gato de Agua

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Ahitera

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia