Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo vs dotted sedge

Cabassous chacoensis compared with Carex punctata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo	dotted sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Cingulata (Cingulata)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Dasypodidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Cabassous	Carex
Species	Cabassous chacoensis	Carex punctata

Conservation Status

Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo

NT — Near Threatened

dotted sedge

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

dotted sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia). 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.