Cachorro do Campo vs Junça Diforme

Lycalopex gymnocercus compared with Cyperus difformis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Cachorro do Campo Junça Diforme
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (plantas)
Phylum Chordata (cordados) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (mamíferos) Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order Carnivora (carnívoros) Poales (Grasses)
Family Canidae (Dogs & Wolves) Cyperaceae
Genus Lycalopex Cyperus
Species Lycalopex gymnocercus Cyperus difformis

Conservation Status

Cachorro do Campo

LC — Least Concern

Junça Diforme

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Cachorro do Campo Junça Diforme
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cachorro do Campo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Junça Diforme

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 6 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (6 countries).

Cachorro do Campo

No description available.

Junça Diforme

No description available.

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