Pacific white-sided dolphin vs Pencil flower

Lagenorhynchus obliquidens compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Pacific white-sided dolphin	Pencil flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)	Fabaceae
Genus	Lagenorhynchus	Stylosanthes
Species	Lagenorhynchus obliquidens	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Pacific white-sided dolphin

LC — Least Concern

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Pacific white-sided dolphin	Pencil flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Pacific white-sided dolphin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Pencil flower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).