corn buttercup vs Jentink's Duiker

Ranunculus arvensis compared with Cephalophus jentinki

Key Differences

• corn buttercup is Critically Endangered while Jentink's Duiker is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	corn buttercup	Jentink's Duiker
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Ranunculaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Ranunculus	Cephalophus
Species	Ranunculus arvensis	Cephalophus jentinki

Conservation Status

corn buttercup

CR — Critically Endangered

Jentink's Duiker

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	corn buttercup	Jentink's Duiker
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

corn buttercup

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (21 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Jentink's Duiker

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.