False Olive vs Hourglass Dolphin

Buddleja saligna compared with Lagenorhynchus cruciger

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Olive	Hourglass Dolphin
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Scrophulariaceae	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Buddleja	Lagenorhynchus
Species	Buddleja saligna	Lagenorhynchus cruciger

Conservation Status

False Olive

LC — Least Concern

Hourglass Dolphin

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Olive	Hourglass Dolphin
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Olive

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.

Hourglass Dolphin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.