Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Tursiops aduncus

Key Differences

• Belly-shaped Hard Grass is Least Concern while Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Aegilops	Tursiops (Bottlenose Dolphins)
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Tursiops aduncus

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

The Belly-shaped Hard Grass (Aegilops ventricosa) is a species in the genus Aegilops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.