common bottlenose dolphin vs Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Tursiops truncatus compared with Manta birostris

Key Differences

• common bottlenose dolphin is Least Concern while Giant Oceanic Manta Ray is Endangered.
• common bottlenose dolphin is carnivore while Giant Oceanic Manta Ray is omnivore.
• Giant Oceanic Manta Ray is 4.7x heavier than common bottlenose dolphin.
• Giant Oceanic Manta Ray lives longer (50 years vs 45 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	common bottlenose dolphin	Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
Kingdom same	Animalia (동물)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum same	Chordata (척삭동물)	Chordata (척삭동물)
Class	Mammalia (포유류)	Chondrichthyes (연골어류)
Order	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)	Lamniformes (악상어목)
Family	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)	Rhincodontidae (Whale Sharks)
Genus	Tursiops (Bottlenose Dolphins)	Rhincodon (Whale Sharks)
Species	Tursiops truncatus	Manta birostris

Evolutionary Relationship

common bottlenose dolphin and Giant Oceanic Manta Ray share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (척삭동물)

Conservation Status

common bottlenose dolphin

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~600.0K

Trend: Stable →

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

EN — Endangered

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	common bottlenose dolphin	Giant Oceanic Manta Ray
Diet	Carnivore	Omnivore
Average Lifespan	45 years	50 years
Average Length	3.0 m	5.0 m
Average Weight	300.0 kg	1.4 t

Habitat & Geographic Range

common bottlenose dolphin

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

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.

common bottlenose dolphin

가장 많이 연구되고 잘 알려진 돌고래 종인 큰돌고래는 연안 얕은 곳부터 먼 바다까지 전 세계 온난하고 온대 해양에 서식합니다. 체구 대비 큰 뇌를 가진 고도로 지능적인 이 종은 자기 인식, 복잡한 의사소통 및 사회적 학습을 보여줍니다. 유동적인 분열-융합 사회에서 살며 물고기를 몰기 위해 협력합니다. 해양 생태계 건강의 핵심 지표 종입니다.

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

대양만타가오리(Manta birostris)는 날개폭이 최대 7m에 달하는 가장 큰 가오리 종이다. 여과 섭식을 하는 동물이다.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇨 Ecuador