Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin vs utile

Tursiops aduncus compared with Entandrophragma utile

Key Differences

• Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin is Near Threatened while utile is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin	utile
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)	Meliaceae
Genus	Tursiops (Bottlenose Dolphins)	Entandrophragma
Species	Tursiops aduncus	Entandrophragma utile

Conservation Status

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin

NT — Near Threatened

utile

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin	utile
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

utile

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.