Azure Cup vs blue whale

Peziza azureoides compared with Balaenoptera musculus

Key Differences

  • Azure Cup is Not Evaluated while blue whale is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Azure Cup blue whale
Kingdom Fungi (菌界) Animalia (動物)
Phylum Ascomycota (子嚢菌門) Chordata (脊索動物)
Class Pezizomycetes (チャワンタケ綱) Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order Pezizales (チャワンタケ目) Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family Pezizaceae Balaenopteridae (Rorquals)
Genus Peziza Balaenoptera (Rorquals)
Species Peziza azureoides Balaenoptera musculus

Conservation Status

Azure Cup

NE — Not Evaluated

blue whale

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~15.0K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Azure Cup blue whale
Diet Carnivore
Average Lifespan 90 years
Average Length 30.0 m
Average Weight 150.0 t

Habitat & Geographic Range

Azure Cup

blue whale

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Azure Cup

The Azure Cup (Peziza azureoides) is a species in the genus Peziza.

blue whale

地球上で生きたことが知られている最大の動物であるシロナガスクジラ(Balaenoptera musculus)は、体長33メートル、体重200トンに達することができ、心臓だけで小型自動車ほどの重さがあります。全ての海洋に生息し、極地の餌場と熱帯の繁殖地の間を回遊します。1日最大4トンのオキアミを摂取する濾過摂食者です。20世紀の捕鯨による絶滅危機からの回復後、世界的な個体数は10,000〜25,000頭と推定される絶滅危惧種です。

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