Katung Fa vs Mountain Tapir

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Tapirus pinchaque

Key Differences

• Katung Fa is Least Concern while Mountain Tapir is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Katung Fa	Mountain Tapir
Kingdom	Plantae (พืช)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)	Perissodactyla (สัตว์กีบคี่)
Family	Apocynaceae	Tapiridae
Genus	Alstonia	Tapirus
Species	Alstonia macrophylla	Tapirus pinchaque

Conservation Status

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Tapir

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Katung Fa	Mountain Tapir
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.

Mountain Tapir

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.