common bottlenose dolphin vs Toco Toucan

Tursiops truncatus compared with Toucanus toco

Key Differences

common bottlenose dolphin is carnivore while Toco Toucan is omnivore.
common bottlenose dolphin is 428.6x heavier than Toco Toucan.
common bottlenose dolphin lives longer (45 years vs 20 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	common bottlenose dolphin	Toco Toucan
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)	Corvidae (Crows & Ravens)
Genus	Tursiops (Bottlenose Dolphins)	Corvus (Crows & Ravens)
Species	Tursiops truncatus	Toucanus toco

Evolutionary Relationship

common bottlenose dolphin and Toco Toucan share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

View Phylum: Chordata

Conservation Status

common bottlenose dolphin

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~600.0K

Trend: Stable →

Toco Toucan

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	common bottlenose dolphin	Toco Toucan
Diet	Carnivore	Omnivore
Average Lifespan	45 years	20 years
Average Length	3.0 m	60 cm
Average Weight	300.0 kg	700 g

Habitat & Geographic Range

common bottlenose dolphin

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 12 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Toco Toucan

Habitat

Typically found in a wide range of habitat types.

Range

Distributed across Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.

common bottlenose dolphin

The most studied and recognized dolphin species, bottlenose dolphins inhabit warm and temperate oceans worldwide, from coastal shallows to the open sea. Highly intelligent with large brains relative to body size, they demonstrate self-recognition, complex communication, and social learning. They live in fluid fission-fusion societies and cooperate to herd fish. A keystone indicator species for marine ecosystem health.