Bed-jacket vs Northern tamandua

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Tamandua mexicana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Northern tamandua
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Pilosa (Sloths & Anteaters)
Family	Sapindaceae	Myrmecophagidae
Genus	Alectryon	Tamandua
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Tamandua mexicana

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Northern tamandua

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Northern tamandua
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

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

Northern tamandua

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.