Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo vs Tickclover

Cabassous chacoensis compared with Desmodium incanum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo	Tickclover
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	Desmodium
Species	Cabassous chacoensis	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo

NT — Near Threatened

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.