Chinese river dolphin vs Fragrant manjack

Lipotes vexillifer compared with Cordia dichotoma

Key Differences

• Chinese river dolphin is Critically Endangered while Fragrant manjack is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese river dolphin	Fragrant manjack
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Lipotidae	Cordiaceae
Genus	Lipotes	Cordia
Species	Lipotes vexillifer	Cordia dichotoma

Conservation Status

Chinese river dolphin

CR — Critically Endangered

Fragrant manjack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese river dolphin	Fragrant manjack
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese river dolphin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fragrant manjack

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burkina Faso, Mauritius), Asia (Iraq, Maldives, Taiwan), and North America (United States).

Chinese river dolphin

The Chinese River Dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer) is a species in the genus Lipotes. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.