five-leaf crotalaria vs Irrawaddy dolphin

Crotalaria quinquefolia compared with Orcaella brevirostris

Key Differences

• five-leaf crotalaria is Least Concern while Irrawaddy dolphin is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	five-leaf crotalaria	Irrawaddy dolphin
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	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Crotalaria	Orcaella
Species	Crotalaria quinquefolia	Orcaella brevirostris

Conservation Status

five-leaf crotalaria

LC — Least Concern

Irrawaddy dolphin

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	five-leaf crotalaria	Irrawaddy dolphin
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).

Irrawaddy dolphin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.