Custard Apple vs Lesser Cachalot

Annona reticulata compared with Kogia breviceps

Key Differences

• Custard Apple is Not Evaluated while Lesser Cachalot is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Custard Apple	Lesser Cachalot
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Annonaceae	Kogiidae
Genus	Annona	Kogia
Species	Annona reticulata	Kogia breviceps

Conservation Status

Custard Apple

NE — Not Evaluated

Lesser Cachalot

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Custard Apple	Lesser Cachalot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Custard Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia).

Lesser Cachalot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Portugal, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇹🇼 Taiwan