Crabeater seal vs Katung Fa

Lobodon carcinophaga compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crabeater seal	Katung Fa
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Pinnipedia (Seals & Sea Lions)	Gentianales (อันดับดอกหรีดเขา)
Family	Phocidae (True Seals)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Lobodon	Alstonia
Species	Lobodon carcinophaga	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

Crabeater seal

LC — Least Concern

Katung Fa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crabeater seal	Katung Fa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crabeater seal

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.