Cay Sua vs Margay

Alstonia scholaris compared with Leopardus wiedii

Key Differences

• Cay Sua is Least Concern while Margay is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cay Sua	Margay
Kingdom	Plantae (thực vật)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (lớp Thú)
Order	Gentianales (Bộ Long đởm)	Carnivora (bộ Ăn thịt)
Family	Apocynaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Alstonia	Leopardus
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Leopardus wiedii

Conservation Status

Cay Sua

LC — Least Concern

Margay

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cay Sua	Margay
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cay Sua

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Margay

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Cay Sua

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.