Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo vs field cudweed

Cabassous chacoensis compared with Filago arvensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo	field cudweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Cingulata (Cingulata)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Dasypodidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Cabassous	Filago
Species	Cabassous chacoensis	Filago arvensis

Conservation Status

Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo

NT — Near Threatened

field cudweed

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

field cudweed

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.