Crabeater seal vs Deviltree

Lobodon carcinophaga compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crabeater seal	Deviltree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Pinnipedia (Seals & Sea Lions)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Phocidae (True Seals)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Lobodon	Alstonia
Species	Lobodon carcinophaga	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Crabeater seal

LC — Least Concern

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crabeater seal	Deviltree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crabeater seal

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.