Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo vs false pepperwort

Cabassous chacoensis compared with Marsilea crenata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo	false pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Cingulata (Cingulata)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Dasypodidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Cabassous	Marsilea
Species	Cabassous chacoensis	Marsilea crenata

Conservation Status

Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo

NT — Near Threatened

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

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.