Big-Leaf Maple vs Long-eared Owl

Acer macrophyllum compared with Asio otus

Key Differences

• Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while Long-eared Owl is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Long-eared Owl
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Strigiformes (Owls)
Family	Sapindaceae	Strigidae (True Owls)
Genus	Acer	Asio
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Asio otus

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Long-eared Owl

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Long-eared Owl
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.

Long-eared Owl

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).

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.

Long-eared Owl

Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) is classified as Data Deficient (DD) on the IUCN Red List. Insufficient data available to assess extinction risk. Further research and field surveys are needed.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇺🇸 United States