Margay vs Tickclover

Leopardus wiedii compared with Desmodium incanum

Key Differences

• Margay is Near Threatened while Tickclover is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Margay	Tickclover
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Plantae (식물)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)
Class	Mammalia (포유류)	Magnoliopsida (목련강)
Order	Carnivora (식육목)	Fabales (콩목)
Family	Felidae (Cats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Leopardus	Desmodium
Species	Leopardus wiedii	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Margay

NT — Near Threatened

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Margay	Tickclover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia