Centuryplant vs Waved Pincertail

Agave americana compared with Onychogomphus flexuosus

Key Differences

• Centuryplant is Least Concern while Waved Pincertail is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Centuryplant	Waved Pincertail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Asparagaceae	Gomphidae
Genus	Agave	Onychogomphus
Species	Agave americana	Onychogomphus flexuosus

Conservation Status

Centuryplant

LC — Least Concern

Waved Pincertail

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Centuryplant	Waved Pincertail
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).

Waved Pincertail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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'].