Big-Leaf Maple vs Faded Pincertail

Acer macrophyllum compared with Onychogomphus costae

Key Differences

• Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while Faded Pincertail is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Faded Pincertail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Sapindaceae	Gomphidae
Genus	Acer	Onychogomphus
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Onychogomphus costae

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Faded Pincertail

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Faded Pincertail
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.

Faded Pincertail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.