Cat vs balão-rajado

Felis catus compared with Physalis angulata

Key Differences

• Cat is Not Evaluated while balão-rajado is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cat	balão-rajado
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (carnívoros)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Felidae (Cats)	Solanaceae
Genus	Felis (Small Cats)	Physalis
Species	Felis catus	Physalis angulata

Conservation Status

Cat

NE — Not Evaluated

Trend: Stable →

balão-rajado

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cat	balão-rajado
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	15 years	—
Average Length	46 cm	—
Average Weight	4.5 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cat

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (11 countries), North America (13 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (6 countries).

balão-rajado

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (41 countries), Asia (21 countries), Europe (15 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Cat

O gato doméstico (Felis catus) é um carnívoro pequeno da família Felidae, amplamente mantido como animal de estimação e para controle de pragas. Originário do Oriente Médio, foi domesticado há cerca de 10.000 anos. Possui visão noturna excelente, audição aguçada e reflexos rápidos. Comunica-se por miar, ronronar e linguagem corporal. Caça instintivamente roedores e pássaros. Existem atualmente centenas de raças reconhecidas com diversas características físicas.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 31 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇫🇷 France 🇮🇱 Israel 🇯🇵 Japan 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇲🇿 Mozambique 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇼🇸 Samoa 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇺🇸 United States 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 🇾🇪 Yemen