Katung Fa vs Fishing Cat

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Prionailurus viverrinus

Key Differences

Katung Fa is Least Concern while Fishing Cat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Katung Fa	Fishing Cat
Kingdom	Plantae (พืช)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)	Carnivora (สัตว์กินเนื้อ)
Family	Apocynaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Alstonia	Prionailurus
Species	Alstonia macrophylla	Prionailurus viverrinus

Conservation Status

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Fishing Cat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Katung Fa	Fishing Cat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Katung Fa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.