Beautiful Plume vs Cortez round stingray

Amblyptilia acanthadactyla compared with Urobatis maculatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beautiful Plume	Cortez round stingray
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Myliobatiformes (Myliobatiformes)
Family	Pterophoridae	Urotrygonidae
Genus	Amblyptilia	Urobatis
Species	Amblyptilia acanthadactyla	Urobatis maculatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Beautiful Plume and Cortez round stingray share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Beautiful Plume

LC — Least Concern

Cortez round stingray

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beautiful Plume	Cortez round stingray
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beautiful Plume

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), Asia (4 countries), and Europe (31 countries).

Cortez round stingray

Beautiful Plume

The Beautiful Plume (Amblyptilia acanthadactyla) is a species in the genus Amblyptilia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are.