Corcovado Carirrojo vs Tigre

Odontophorus gujanensis compared with Panthera tigris

Key Differences

• Corcovado Carirrojo is Near Threatened while Tigre is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Corcovado Carirrojo	Tigre
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Galliformes (Galliformes)	Carnivora (carnívoros)
Family	Odontophoridae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Odontophorus	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Odontophorus gujanensis	Panthera tigris

Evolutionary Relationship

Corcovado Carirrojo and Tigre share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

Corcovado Carirrojo

NT — Near Threatened

Tigre

EN — Endangered

Population: ~4.5K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Corcovado Carirrojo	Tigre
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	20 years
Average Length	—	3.0 m
Average Weight	—	220.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Corcovado Carirrojo

Habitat

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

Range

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

Tigre

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 and Ecuador. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Corcovado Carirrojo

La codorniz de monte marmoleada (Odontophorus gujanensis) esta clasificada como Casi Amenazada (NT) en la Lista Roja de la UICN. Cerca de cumplir los criterios de amenaza, con poblaciones que podrian volverse vulnerables sin medidas de conservacion.

Tigre

El felino mas grande del mundo, el tigre puede superar los 300 kg y habita bosques desde el Extremo Oriente ruso hasta el Sudeste Asiatico. Es un depredador solitario de emboscada con su caracteristico pelaje naranja y negro a rayas que proporciona camuflaje entre la luz filtrada. Esta en Peligro Critico, con menos de 4.000 individuos que quedan en estado silvestre debido a la caza furtiva y la deforestacion.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador