Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo vs Katung Fa

Cabassous chacoensis compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Key Differences

• Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo is Near Threatened while Katung Fa is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo	Katung Fa
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Cingulata (Cingulata)	Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)
Family	Dasypodidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Cabassous	Alstonia
Species	Cabassous chacoensis	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo

NT — Near Threatened

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo	Katung Fa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Katung Fa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

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.