body fluke vs Jaguar

Gyrodactylus elegans compared with Panthera onca

Key Differences

• body fluke is Not Evaluated while Jaguar is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	body fluke	Jaguar
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Platyhelminthes (Platyhelminthes)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Monogenea (Monogenea)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Gyrodactylidea (Gyrodactylidea)	Carnivora (carnívoros)
Family	Gyrodactylidae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Gyrodactylus	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Gyrodactylus elegans	Panthera onca

Evolutionary Relationship

body fluke and Jaguar share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

body fluke

NE — Not Evaluated

Jaguar

NT — Near Threatened

Population: ~64.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	body fluke	Jaguar
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	1.9 m
Average Weight	—	100.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

body fluke

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Mexico, Norway, and Sweden.

Jaguar

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, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

body fluke

The body fluke (Gyrodactylus elegans) is a species in the genus Gyrodactylus. Distributed across Mexico, Norway, and Sweden.

Jaguar

El felino más grande de las Américas, alcanzando hasta 100 kg con una constitución robusta y musculosa y un pelaje con rosetas características. Se encuentra desde México hasta América del Sur, con núcleos poblacionales en el Amazonas y el Pantanal. Nadadores poderosos y depredadores apex, los jaguares desempeñan un papel fundamental en la regulación de las poblaciones de presas. Categorizado como Casi Amenazado, su área de distribución se contrae debido a la deforestación.