Fishing Cat vs Lagos-rubber

Prionailurus viverrinus compared with Funtumia africana

Key Differences

• Fishing Cat is Vulnerable while Lagos-rubber is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fishing Cat	Lagos-rubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (carnívoros)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Felidae (Cats)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Prionailurus	Funtumia
Species	Prionailurus viverrinus	Funtumia africana

Conservation Status

Fishing Cat

VU — Vulnerable

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fishing Cat	Lagos-rubber
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fishing Cat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lagos-rubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Guinea, and India.