Common Flower Fly vs jaguar

Syrphus ribesii compared with Panthera onca

Key Differences

• Common Flower Fly is Least Concern while jaguar is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Flower Fly	jaguar
Kingdom same	Animalia (動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Arthropoda (節足動物)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Insecta (昆虫)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Diptera (ハエ目)	Carnivora (ネコ目)
Family	Syrphidae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Syrphus	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Syrphus ribesii	Panthera onca

Evolutionary Relationship

Common Flower Fly and jaguar share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (動物)

Conservation Status

Common Flower Fly

LC — Least Concern

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NT — Near Threatened

Population: ~64.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Flower Fly	jaguar
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	1.9 m
Average Weight	—	100.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Flower Fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).

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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.

Common Flower Fly

<em>Syrphus ribesii</em> is a hoverfly in the family Syrphidae, order Diptera, commonly known as the common flower fly. This species is among the most frequently encountered hoverflies in its range and serves an important ecological role as a pollinator of flowering plants. The species is classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. <em>Syrphus ribesii</em> is distributed across Europe and the United States, typically inhabiting gardens, hedgerows, woodland edges, and meadows where flowering plants are abundant. Adults are characterized by yellow and black banded abdomens that mimic the appearance of wasps or bees, providing protection from predators through Batesian mimicry. Adults feed on nectar and pollen, while larvae are predatory, feeding on soft-bodied insects such as aphids and thereby providing a natural pest control service in gardens and agricultural settings. The species is migratory in parts of its range. Biological traits of this species remain poorly documented in the scientific literature.

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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。