Annual Sunflower vs jaguar

Helianthus annuus compared with Panthera onca

Key Differences

  • Annual Sunflower is Not Evaluated while jaguar is Near Threatened.
  • Annual Sunflower is autotroph while jaguar is carnivore.
  • jaguar lives longer (15 years vs 1 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Annual Sunflower jaguar
Kingdom Plantae (植物) Animalia (動物)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (被子植物門) Chordata (脊索動物)
Class Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱) Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order Asterales (キク目) Carnivora (ネコ目)
Family Asteraceae (Daisy Family) Felidae (Cats)
Genus Helianthus (Sunflowers) Panthera (Big Cats)
Species Helianthus annuus Panthera onca

Conservation Status

Annual Sunflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Trend: Stable →

jaguar

NT — Near Threatened

Population: ~64.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Annual Sunflower jaguar
Diet Autotroph Carnivore
Average Lifespan 1 years 15 years
Average Length 3.0 m 1.9 m
Average Weight 100.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Annual Sunflower

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (12 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), and South America (4 countries).

jaguar

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

Annual Sunflower

世界で最も多く栽培されている花卉植物の一つであり経済的に重要な油料作物であるヒマワリは北アメリカ原産で、高さ3メートルまで成長し、花頭の直径は30センチメートルに達することがあります。若い植物が太陽を追うという独特の行動(太陽屈性)がその名前の由来となっています。一つのヒマワリの花頭は最大2,000個の小さな小花で構成されています。世界生産量は年間5,000万トンを超え、油、種子、野鳥の餌として高く評価されています。

jaguar

アメリカ大陸最大のネコ科動物で、体重は最大100kgに達し、がっしりとした筋肉質の体型と特有のロゼット模様の毛皮を持つ。メキシコから南アメリカにかけて分布し、アマゾンやパンタナルが主要生息地となる。優れた水泳能力を持つ頂点捕食者であり、獲物個体数の調節に重要な役割を担う。森林破壊により生息域が縮小し、準絶滅危惧に分類されている。

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

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