City Goosefoot vs Green Sea Turtle

Oxybasis urbica compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

City Goosefoot is Extinct while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	City Goosefoot	Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Reptilia (Reptilien)
Order	Caryophyllales (Nelkenartige)	Testudines (Schildkröten)
Family	Amaranthaceae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Oxybasis	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Oxybasis urbica	Chelonia mydas

Conservation Status

City Goosefoot

EX — Extinct

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	City Goosefoot	Green Sea Turtle
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	80 years
Average Length	—	1.2 m
Average Weight	—	200.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

City Goosefoot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (4 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

Green Sea Turtle

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 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, and Mexico. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

City Goosefoot

The City Goosefoot (Oxybasis urbica) is a species in the genus Oxybasis. It is currently classified as Extinct on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.