grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez vs Malayan Water Shrew

Tursiops truncatus compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

• grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez is Least Concern while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez	Malayan Water Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (mammifères)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)	Soricidae
Genus	Tursiops (Bottlenose Dolphins)	Chimarrogale
Species	Tursiops truncatus	Chimarrogale hantu

Evolutionary Relationship

grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez and Malayan Water Shrew share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mammifères)

Conservation Status

grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~600.0K

Trend: Stable →

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez	Malayan Water Shrew
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	45 years	—
Average Length	3.0 m	—
Average Weight	300.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez

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).

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

grand dauphin, souffleur, dauphin à gros nez

The most studied and recognized dolphin species, bottlenose dolphins inhabit warm and temperate oceans worldwide, from coastal shallows to the open sea. Highly intelligent with large brains relative to body size, they demonstrate self-recognition, complex communication, and social learning. They live in fluid fission-fusion societies and cooperate to herd fish. A keystone indicator species for marine ecosystem health.