Castor vs Large Garden Humble-bee

Ricinus communis compared with Bombus ruderatus

Key Differences

• Castor is Not Evaluated while Large Garden Humble-bee is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Castor	Large Garden Humble-bee
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Euphorbiaceae	Apidae (Bees)
Genus	Ricinus	Bombus
Species	Ricinus communis	Bombus ruderatus

Conservation Status

Castor

NE — Not Evaluated

Large Garden Humble-bee

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Castor	Large Garden Humble-bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Castor

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (33 countries), Asia (26 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (15 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (12 countries).

Large Garden Humble-bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile).

Castor

The Castor (Ricinus communis) is a species in the genus Ricinus. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and hi

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 9 countries:

🇦🇷 Argentina 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇴 Bolivia 🇨🇱 Chile 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇿 New Zealand 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇸🇪 Sweden