Big-Leaf Maple vs Shiny Dufourea

Acer macrophyllum compared with Dufourea minuta

Key Differences

• Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while Shiny Dufourea is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Shiny Dufourea
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Sapindaceae	Halictidae
Genus	Acer	Dufourea
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Dufourea minuta

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Shiny Dufourea

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Shiny Dufourea
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.

Shiny Dufourea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

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.