Crabeater seal vs cuscute pentagonale

Lobodon carcinophaga compared with Cuscuta pentagona

Key Differences

• Crabeater seal is Least Concern while cuscute pentagonale is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crabeater seal	cuscute pentagonale
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Pinnipedia (Seals & Sea Lions)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Phocidae (True Seals)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Lobodon	Cuscuta
Species	Lobodon carcinophaga	Cuscuta pentagona

Conservation Status

Crabeater seal

LC — Least Concern

cuscute pentagonale

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crabeater seal	cuscute pentagonale
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crabeater seal

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

cuscute pentagonale

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (9 countries), Europe (Norway, Poland, Romania), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).