five-leaf crotalaria vs Hector’s Beaked Whale

Crotalaria quinquefolia compared with Mesoplodon hectori

Key Differences

five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern while Hector’s Beaked Whale is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	five-leaf crotalaria	Hector’s Beaked Whale
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Fabaceae	Hyperoodontidae
Genus	Crotalaria	Mesoplodon
Species	Crotalaria quinquefolia	Mesoplodon hectori

Conservation Status

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Hector’s Beaked Whale

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	five-leaf crotalaria	Hector’s Beaked Whale
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

five-leaf crotalaria

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Singapore), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Guyana).