Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo vs Goa-bean

Cabassous chacoensis compared with Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Key Differences

• Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo is Near Threatened while Goa-bean is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo	Goa-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Cingulata (Cingulata)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Dasypodidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Cabassous	Psophocarpus
Species	Cabassous chacoensis	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Conservation Status

Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo

NT — Near Threatened

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Goa-bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, and Taiwan.

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.