Raposa-do-campo vs hooked-pepperwort

Lycalopex vetulus compared with Marsilea vestita

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Raposa-do-campo	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (carnívoros)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Canidae (Dogs & Wolves)	Marsileaceae
Genus	Lycalopex	Marsilea
Species	Lycalopex vetulus	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Raposa-do-campo

NT — Near Threatened

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Raposa-do-campo	hooked-pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Raposa-do-campo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.