Carelessweed vs Northern elephant seal

Amaranthus spinosus compared with Mirounga angustirostris

Key Differences

  • Carelessweed is Not Evaluated while Northern elephant seal is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Carelessweed Northern elephant seal
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales) Pinnipedia (Seals & Sea Lions)
Family Amaranthaceae Phocidae (True Seals)
Genus Amaranthus Mirounga
Species Amaranthus spinosus Mirounga angustirostris

Conservation Status

Carelessweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Northern elephant seal

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Carelessweed Northern elephant seal
Diet — —
Average Lifespan — —
Average Length — —
Average Weight — —

Habitat & Geographic Range

Carelessweed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (20 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Northern elephant seal

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Carelessweed

The Carelessweed (Amaranthus spinosus) is a species in the genus Amaranthus. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Northern elephant seal

No description available.

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