Tubarão-areia vs common bottlenose dolphin

Odontaspis ferox compared with Tursiops truncatus

Key Differences

• Tubarão-areia is Vulnerable while common bottlenose dolphin is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Tubarão-areia	common bottlenose dolphin
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fish)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Lamniformes (Mackerel Sharks)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Odontaspididae	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Odontaspis	Tursiops (Bottlenose Dolphins)
Species	Odontaspis ferox	Tursiops truncatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Tubarão-areia and common bottlenose dolphin share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

Tubarão-areia

VU — Vulnerable

common bottlenose dolphin

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~600.0K

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Tubarão-areia	common bottlenose dolphin
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	45 years
Average Length	—	3.0 m
Average Weight	—	300.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Tubarão-areia

Habitat

Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.

Range

Distributed across Portugal and Taiwan. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its 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).

Tubarão-areia

The Bigeye sandtiger (Odontaspis ferox) is a species in the genus Odontaspis. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇵🇹 Portugal 🇹🇼 Taiwan