Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo vs Moon cactus

Cabassous chacoensis compared with Harrisia martinii

Key Differences

• Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo is Near Threatened while Moon cactus is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo	Moon cactus
Kingdom	Animalia (hayvan)	Plantae (bitki)
Phylum	Chordata (Kordalılar)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (memeliler)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Cingulata (Cingulata)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Dasypodidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Cabassous	Harrisia
Species	Cabassous chacoensis	Harrisia martinii

Conservation Status

Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo

NT — Near Threatened

Moon cactus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo	Moon cactus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Moon cactus

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Namibia, South Africa, 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.