hooked-pepperwort vs Guará

Marsilea vestita compared with Chrysocyon brachyurus

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Guará

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	hooked-pepperwort	Guará
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.