Arizona Joint-fir vs common bottlenose dolphin

Ephedra fasciculata compared with Tursiops truncatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arizona Joint-fir	common bottlenose dolphin
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Gnetopsida (Gnetopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ephedrales (Ephedrales)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Ephedraceae	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Ephedra	Tursiops (Bottlenose Dolphins)
Species	Ephedra fasciculata	Tursiops truncatus

Conservation Status

Arizona Joint-fir

LC — Least Concern

common bottlenose dolphin

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~600.0K

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arizona Joint-fir	common bottlenose dolphin
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	45 years
Average Length	—	3.0 m
Average Weight	—	300.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arizona Joint-fir

common bottlenose dolphin

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 12 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Arizona Joint-fir

The Arizona Joint-fir, Ephedra fasciculata, is a species. It is currently assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List.

common bottlenose dolphin

The most studied and recognized dolphin species, bottlenose dolphins inhabit warm and temperate oceans worldwide, from coastal shallows to the open sea. Highly intelligent with large brains relative to body size, they demonstrate self-recognition, complex communication, and social learning. They live in fluid fission-fusion societies and cooperate to herd fish. A keystone indicator species for marine ecosystem health.