Centuryplant vs Ray

Agave americana compared with Atlantoraja castelnaui

Key Differences

• Centuryplant is Least Concern while Ray is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Centuryplant	Ray
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Rajiformes (Rajiformes)
Family	Asparagaceae	Arhynchobatidae
Genus	Agave	Atlantoraja
Species	Agave americana	Atlantoraja castelnaui

Conservation Status

Centuryplant

LC — Least Concern

Ray

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Centuryplant	Ray
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Centuryplant

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Costa Rica), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Ray

Centuryplant

The Centuryplant (Agave americana) is a species in the genus Agave. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to ['Albania', 'Algeria', 'Argentina', 'Australia', 'Belgium'].