Central American Silky Anteater vs Glandular senna

Cyclopes dorsalis compared with Senna multiglandulosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Central American Silky Anteater	Glandular senna
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Pilosa (Sloths & Anteaters)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Cyclopedidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Cyclopes	Senna
Species	Cyclopes dorsalis	Senna multiglandulosa

Conservation Status

Central American Silky Anteater

LC — Least Concern

Glandular senna

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Central American Silky Anteater	Glandular senna
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.

Glandular senna

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Namibia, South Africa), Asia (India), Europe (Spain), North America (Guatemala, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Colombia).

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.