Big-Leaf Maple vs dooryard sowbug

Acer macrophyllum compared with Porcellio laevis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	dooryard sowbug
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Isopoda (Isopoda)
Family	Sapindaceae	Porcellionidae
Genus	Acer	Porcellio
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Porcellio laevis

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

dooryard sowbug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	dooryard sowbug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-Leaf Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Ireland, and United States.

dooryard sowbug

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (12 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Big-Leaf Maple

The Big-Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) is a species in the genus Acer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.