Bed-jacket vs Highfin dogfish

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Centroscyllium excelsum

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Highfin dogfish is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Highfin dogfish
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Squaliformes (Squaliformes)
Family	Sapindaceae	Etmopteridae
Genus	Alectryon	Centroscyllium
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Centroscyllium excelsum

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Highfin dogfish

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Highfin dogfish
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Highfin dogfish

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.