Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo vs Thyme Plume

Cabassous chacoensis compared with Merrifieldia leucodactyla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo	Thyme Plume
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Cingulata (Cingulata)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Dasypodidae	Pterophoridae
Genus	Cabassous	Merrifieldia
Species	Cabassous chacoensis	Merrifieldia leucodactyla

Evolutionary Relationship

Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo and Thyme Plume share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo

NT — Near Threatened

Thyme Plume

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Thyme Plume

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 8 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Morocco), Asia (7 countries), and Europe (35 countries). 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.