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Comatricha elegans compared with Giraffa camelopardalis

Key Differences

is Not Evaluated while giraffe is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		giraffe
Kingdom	Protozoa (原生動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Myxomycetes (変形菌綱)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Stemonitidales	Artiodactyla (偶蹄目)
Family	Stemonitidaceae	Giraffidae (Giraffes)
Genus	Comatricha	Giraffa (Giraffes)
Species	Comatricha elegans	Giraffa camelopardalis

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

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VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~117.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		giraffe
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	25 years
Average Length	—	5.5 m
Average Weight	—	1.2 t

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Belgium, Norway, Sweden), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

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

Comatricha elegansは、胞子散布を助ける複雑な内部糸のネットワーク（毛細糸）を持つ細く柄のある円筒形の胞子囊を形成する繊細な変形菌です。世界中の湿った森林環境の腐朽木と樹皮に生育します。この種は優雅な子実体構造と汎世界的な分布で知られる変形菌のグループに属します。

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地球上で最も背の高い動物であるキリン（Giraffa camelopardalis）は体高が5.5mに達し、体重は最大1,750kgにもなる。すべての哺乳類と同じ7個の頸椎からなる長い首は、アフリカのサバンナや疎林のアカシアの木に食物を求めて進化した。永続的な絆を持たない緩やかな群れで生活する社会的動物で、超低周波音と身振りで意思疎通する。生息地の喪失と密猟により個体数が減少している危急種である。