aoudad vs Pato-rabo-alçado-americano

Ammotragus lervia compared with Oxyura jamaicensis

Key Differences

• aoudad is Vulnerable while Pato-rabo-alçado-americano is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	aoudad	Pato-rabo-alçado-americano
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Aves (ave)
Order	Artiodactyla (Artiodátilos)	Anseriformes (Anseriformes)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Anatidae
Genus	Ammotragus	Oxyura
Species	Ammotragus lervia	Oxyura jamaicensis

Evolutionary Relationship

aoudad and Pato-rabo-alçado-americano share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

aoudad

VU — Vulnerable

Pato-rabo-alçado-americano

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	aoudad	Pato-rabo-alçado-americano
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

aoudad

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 6 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 (South Africa), Europe (7 countries), and North America (United States). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Pato-rabo-alçado-americano

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Tunisia), Asia (Azerbaijan, Israel, Turkey), Europe (19 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador).

aoudad

The Aoudad (Ammotragus lervia) is a species in the genus Ammotragus. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic.

Pato-rabo-alçado-americano

O pato-ruivo (Oxyura jamaicensis) esta classificado como Pouco Preocupante (LC) na Lista Vermelha da UICN. Amplamente distribuido e abundante em sua area de ocorrencia, com populacoes estaveis e sem preocupacoes de conservacao imediatas.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 6 countries:

🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇮🇹 Italy 🇳🇴 Norway 🇪🇸 Spain 🇺🇸 United States