Captain Cook's Bean Snail vs Tiger

Partula faba compared with Panthera tigris

Key Differences

• Captain Cook's Bean Snail is Extinct in the Wild while Tiger is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Captain Cook's Bean Snail	Tiger
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Mollusca (Weichtiere)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Gastropoda (Schnecken)	Mammalia (Säugetiere)
Order	Stylommatophora (Landlungenschnecken)	Carnivora (Raubtiere)
Family	Partulidae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Partula	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Partula faba	Panthera tigris

Evolutionary Relationship

Captain Cook's Bean Snail and Tiger share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Tier)

Conservation Status

Captain Cook's Bean Snail

EW — Extinct in the Wild

Tiger

EN — Endangered

Population: ~4.5K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Captain Cook's Bean Snail	Tiger
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	20 years
Average Length	—	3.0 m
Average Weight	—	220.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Captain Cook's Bean Snail

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Tiger

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Captain Cook's Bean Snail

The Captain Cook's Bean Snail (Partula faba) is a species in the genus Partula. It is currently classified as Extinct in the Wild (EW) on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Tiger

The largest wild cat on Earth, tigers can exceed 300 kg and inhabit forests from the Russian Far East to Southeast Asia. Solitary ambush predators with distinctive orange and black striped coats that provide camouflage in dappled light. Critically endangered, with fewer than 4,000 remaining in the wild due to poaching and deforestation.