Cuchara de El Cabo vs Gorila Occidental

Spatula smithii compared with Gorilla gorilla

Key Differences

• Cuchara de El Cabo is Least Concern while Gorila Occidental is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cuchara de El Cabo	Gorila Occidental
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Anseriformes (Anseriformes)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Anatidae	Hominidae (Great Apes)
Genus	Spatula	Gorilla (Gorillas)
Species	Spatula smithii	Gorilla gorilla

Evolutionary Relationship

Cuchara de El Cabo and Gorila Occidental share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

Cuchara de El Cabo

LC — Least Concern

Gorila Occidental

CR — Critically Endangered

Population: ~100.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cuchara de El Cabo	Gorila Occidental
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	40 years
Average Length	—	1.7 m
Average Weight	—	160.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cuchara de El Cabo

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

Gorila Occidental

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Congo (Republic), Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Cuchara de El Cabo

The Cape Shoveler (Spatula smithii) is a species in the genus Spatula. It is currently classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Gorila Occidental

El primate más grande del mundo, los gorilas occidentales pesan hasta 180 kg y habitan los bosques tropicales y subtropicales del África ecuatorial. Principalmente herbívoros, viven en grupos familiares liderados por un macho de espalda plateada que protege la tropa y media en los conflictos sociales. En Peligro Crítico, con poblaciones amenazadas por la deforestación, la caza furtiva para la venta de carne de monte y los brotes del virus del Ébola.