Delfín tonina vs Common Yew

Tursiops truncatus compared with Taxus baccata

Key Differences

Delfín tonina is Least Concern while Common Yew is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delfín tonina	Common Yew
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)	Pinales (Coniferales)
Family	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)	Taxaceae
Genus	Tursiops (Bottlenose Dolphins)	Taxus
Species	Tursiops truncatus	Taxus baccata

Conservation Status

Delfín tonina

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~600.0K

Trend: Stable →

Common Yew

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delfín tonina	Common Yew
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	45 years	—
Average Length	3.0 m	—
Average Weight	300.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Delfín tonina

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Common Yew

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya), Europe (10 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Delfín tonina

La especie de delfín más estudiada y reconocida, los delfines mulares habitan océanos cálidos y templados de todo el mundo, desde las aguas costeras poco profundas hasta el mar abierto. Altamente inteligentes con grandes cerebros en relación con el tamaño corporal, demuestran autoreconocimiento, comunicación compleja y aprendizaje social. Viven en sociedades fluidas de fisión-fusión y cooperan para arrear peces. Una especie indicadora clave de la salud del ecosistema marino.

Common Yew

<em>Taxus baccata</em>, the common yew or English yew, is a slow-growing evergreen conifer in the family Taxaceae, native to western, central, and southern Europe, northwest Africa, and southwest Asia. It is one of the longest-lived trees in the Northern Hemisphere, with some individuals estimated to be several thousand years old. The species grows in a variety of habitats including mixed deciduous woodland, calcareous scrub, chalk downlands, and rocky slopes, often as an understorey or emergent tree. Yews are dioecious; female trees produce distinctive bright red fleshy arils surrounding a single hard seed, the only non-toxic part of the plant. All other parts, including the leaves, bark, and seeds, contain highly toxic taxine alkaloids that are dangerous to humans and most animals. Average lifespan can exceed 1,000 years under suitable conditions. <em>Taxus baccata</em> is ecologically important as dense, long-lived woodland habitat and as food for birds that disperse its seeds. Medicinally, taxol derived from yew bark is used in cancer treatment. The species is assessed as Vulnerable due to habitat degradation, overgrazing, and historic overexploitation across parts of its native range, though it remains locally common.