Centuryplant vs Redclaw

Agave americana compared with Cherax quadricarinatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Centuryplant	Redclaw
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Decapoda (Decapoda)
Family	Asparagaceae	Parastacidae
Genus	Agave	Cherax
Species	Agave americana	Cherax quadricarinatus

Conservation Status

Centuryplant

LC — Least Concern

Redclaw

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Centuryplant	Redclaw
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).

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).

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'].

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 18 countries:

🇦🇷 Argentina 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇨🇳 China 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇫🇷 France 🇮🇱 Israel 🇲🇹 Malta 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇪 Peru 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇭 Thailand 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇿🇲 Zambia 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe