Fishing Cat vs cigerão

Prionailurus viverrinus compared with Vicia hirsuta

Key Differences

• Fishing Cat is Vulnerable while cigerão is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fishing Cat	cigerão
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (carnívoros)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Felidae (Cats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Prionailurus	Vicia
Species	Prionailurus viverrinus	Vicia hirsuta

Conservation Status

Fishing Cat

VU — Vulnerable

cigerão

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fishing Cat	cigerão
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fishing Cat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

cigerão

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (15 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Ecuador).