Giant Oceanic Manta Ray vs Tiger

Manta birostris compared with Panthera tigris

Key Differences

• Giant Oceanic Manta Ray is omnivore while Tiger is carnivore.
• Giant Oceanic Manta Ray is 6.4x heavier than Tiger.
• Giant Oceanic Manta Ray lives longer (50 years vs 20 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant Oceanic Manta Ray	Tiger
Kingdom same	Animalia (動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum same	Chordata (脊索動物)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Chondrichthyes (軟骨魚綱)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Lamniformes (ネズミザメ目)	Carnivora (ネコ目)
Family	Rhincodontidae (Whale Sharks)	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Rhincodon (Whale Sharks)	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Manta birostris	Panthera tigris

Evolutionary Relationship

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray and Tiger share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (脊索動物)

Conservation Status

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

EN — Endangered

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Tiger

EN — Endangered

Population: ~4.5K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant Oceanic Manta Ray	Tiger
Diet	Omnivore	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	50 years	20 years
Average Length	5.0 m	3.0 m
Average Weight	1.4 t	220.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Ecuador, Maldives, Mexico, and Mozambique. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Tiger

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

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

オニイトマキエイ（Manta birostris）は翼幅が最大7mに達する最大のエイ種である。濾過摂食を行う動物である。

Tiger

地球上最大の野生ネコ科動物で、体重が300kgを超えることもあり、ロシア極東から東南アジアにかけての森林に生息する。まだら光の中で擬態効果を持つ独特のオレンジと黒の縞模様の毛皮を持つ単独待ち伏せ型捕食者である。密猟と森林破壊により野生個体数が4,000頭未満に減少した深刻な危機（CR）種である。

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇨 Ecuador