orelha vs Leatherback Sea Turtle

Haliotis tuberculata compared with Dermochelys coriacea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	orelha	Leatherback Sea Turtle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Moluscos)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastrópodes)	Reptilia (réptil)
Order	Lepetellida (Lepetellida)	Testudines (Tartaruga)
Family	Haliotidae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Haliotis	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Haliotis tuberculata	Dermochelys coriacea

Evolutionary Relationship

orelha and Leatherback Sea Turtle share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

orelha

VU — Vulnerable

Leatherback Sea Turtle

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~35.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	orelha	Leatherback Sea Turtle
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	50 years
Average Length	—	2.0 m
Average Weight	—	500.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

orelha

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Gabon), Asia (Israel), and Europe (9 countries). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Leatherback Sea Turtle

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 5 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Costa Rica, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Trinidad and Tobago. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

orelha

The Abalone (Haliotis tuberculata) is a species in the genus Haliotis. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. It is found across Belgium, France, Gabon, and 2 other countries, inhabiting Found across multiple habitat types including mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms.

Leatherback Sea Turtle

A tartaruga-de-couro é a maior tartaruga viva e o quarto réptil mais pesado. Ao contrário das demais tartarugas, possui uma carapaça mole e coriácea.