Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin vs coral-bean

Sousa teuszii compared with Erythrina fusca

Key Differences

• Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin is Critically Endangered while coral-bean is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin	coral-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)	Fabaceae
Genus	Sousa	Erythrina
Species	Sousa teuszii	Erythrina fusca

Conservation Status

Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin

CR — Critically Endangered

coral-bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin	coral-bean
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

coral-bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe), Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin

The Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin (Sousa teuszii) is a species in the genus Sousa. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.