Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico vs red-cedar

Alopias pelagicus compared with Trichilia hirta

Key Differences

• Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico is Endangered while red-cedar is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico	red-cedar
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fish)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Lamniformes (Mackerel Sharks)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Alopiidae	Meliaceae
Genus	Alopias	Trichilia
Species	Alopias pelagicus	Trichilia hirta

Conservation Status

Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico

EN — Endangered

red-cedar

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico	red-cedar
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Taiwan. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

red-cedar

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico

The Bigeye thresher (Alopias pelagicus) is a species in the genus Alopias. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia