alpine dandelion vs Ballena menor

Taraxacum scopulorum compared with Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Key Differences

• alpine dandelion is Not Evaluated while Ballena menor is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alpine dandelion	Ballena menor
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Balaenopteridae (Rorquals)
Genus	Taraxacum	Balaenoptera (Rorquals)
Species	Taraxacum scopulorum	Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Conservation Status

alpine dandelion

NE — Not Evaluated

Ballena menor

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alpine dandelion	Ballena menor
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alpine dandelion

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.

Ballena menor

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador).

alpine dandelion

The Alpine dandelion (Taraxacum scopulorum) is a species in the genus Taraxacum. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Found in Canada.

Ballena menor

La ballena bolsa (Berardius minimus) es una ballena picuda de tamaño mediano del Pacífico Norte, reconocida recientemente como especie diferenciada mediante estudios genéticos y morfológicos. Su estado de conservación es de datos insuficientes (DD), y sus hábitos en aguas profundas hacen muy difícil realizar censos sistemáticos de la población.