Casinyctère de Campo-Ma'an vs Leatherback Sea Turtle

Casinycteris campomaanensis compared with Dermochelys coriacea

Key Differences

• Casinyctère de Campo-Ma'an is Data Deficient while Leatherback Sea Turtle is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Casinyctère de Campo-Ma'an	Leatherback Sea Turtle
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Reptilia (Reptiles)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Testudines (tortue)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Casinycteris	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Casinycteris campomaanensis	Dermochelys coriacea

Evolutionary Relationship

Casinyctère de Campo-Ma'an and Leatherback Sea Turtle share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Casinyctère de Campo-Ma'an

DD — Data Deficient

Leatherback Sea Turtle

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~35.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Casinyctère de Campo-Ma'an	Leatherback Sea Turtle
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	50 years
Average Length	—	2.0 m
Average Weight	—	500.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Casinyctère de Campo-Ma'an

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Leatherback Sea Turtle

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 5 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Costa Rica, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Trinidad and Tobago. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Casinyctère de Campo-Ma'an

The Campo-Ma’an Fruit Bat (Casinycteris campomaanensis) is a species in the genus Casinycteris. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Leatherback Sea Turtle

The leatherback is the largest living turtle and the fourth-heaviest reptile. Unlike other turtles, it has a soft, leathery shell.