Central American Silky Anteater vs Deviltree

Cyclopes dorsalis compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Central American Silky Anteater	Deviltree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Pilosa (Sloths & Anteaters)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Cyclopedidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Cyclopes	Alstonia
Species	Cyclopes dorsalis	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Central American Silky Anteater

LC — Least Concern

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Central American Silky Anteater	Deviltree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Central American Silky Anteater

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Deviltree

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.

Central American Silky Anteater

The Central American Silky Anteater (Cyclopes dorsalis) is a species in the genus Cyclopes. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.