Alpine Bitterroot vs common bottlenose dolphin

Lewisia pygmaea compared with Tursiops truncatus

Key Differences

• Alpine Bitterroot is Not Evaluated while common bottlenose dolphin is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alpine Bitterroot	common bottlenose dolphin
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Montiaceae	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Lewisia	Tursiops (Bottlenose Dolphins)
Species	Lewisia pygmaea	Tursiops truncatus

Conservation Status

Alpine Bitterroot

NE — Not Evaluated

common bottlenose dolphin

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~600.0K

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alpine Bitterroot	common bottlenose dolphin
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	45 years
Average Length	—	3.0 m
Average Weight	—	300.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alpine Bitterroot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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).

Alpine Bitterroot

The Alpine Bitterroot (Lewisia pygmaea) is a species in the genus Lewisia. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Distributed across Canada and United States.

common bottlenose dolphin

A espécie de golfinho mais estudada e reconhecida, os roazes habitam oceanos quentes e temperados de todo o mundo, desde águas costeiras rasas até ao mar aberto. Altamente inteligentes com grandes cérebros em relação ao tamanho corporal, demonstram auto-reconhecimento, comunicação complexa e aprendizagem social. Vivem em sociedades fluidas de fissão-fusão e cooperam para arrebanhar peixes. Uma espécie indicadora chave da saúde dos ecossistemas marinhos.