Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin vs Tickclover

Sousa teuszii compared with Desmodium incanum

Key Differences

• Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin is Critically Endangered while Tickclover is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin	Tickclover
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	Desmodium
Species	Sousa teuszii	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin

CR — Critically Endangered

Tickclover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin	Tickclover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Tickclover

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), 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.