Black Bent vs Redclaw

Agrostis gigantea compared with Cherax quadricarinatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Bent	Redclaw
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Decapoda (Decapoda)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Parastacidae
Genus	Agrostis	Cherax
Species	Agrostis gigantea	Cherax quadricarinatus

Conservation Status

Black Bent

LC — Least Concern

Redclaw

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Bent	Redclaw
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Bent

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (11 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries).

Redclaw

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (5 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Black Bent

The Black Bent (Agrostis gigantea) is a species in the genus Agrostis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 11 countries:

🇦🇷 Argentina 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇫🇷 France 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇴 Norway 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇺🇸 United States