Bed-jacket vs Margay

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Leopardus wiedii

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Margay is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Margay
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Carnivora (carnívoros)
Family	Sapindaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Alectryon	Leopardus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Leopardus wiedii

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Margay

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Margay
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

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

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.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.