Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo vs Deviltree

Cabassous chacoensis compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Key Differences

• Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo is Near Threatened while Deviltree is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo	Deviltree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Cingulata (Cingulata)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Dasypodidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Cabassous	Alstonia
Species	Cabassous chacoensis	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo

NT — Near Threatened

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo	Deviltree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.

Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo

The Chacoan Naked-Tailed Armadillo (Cabassous chacoensis) is a species in the genus Cabassous. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.