Arraia vs Guará

Potamotrygon motoro compared with Chrysocyon brachyurus

Key Differences

• Arraia is Data Deficient while Guará is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arraia	Guará
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Elasmobranchii	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Myliobatiformes (Myliobatiformes)	Carnivora (carnívoros)
Family	Potamotrygonidae	Canidae (Dogs & Wolves)
Genus	Potamotrygon	Chrysocyon
Species	Potamotrygon motoro	Chrysocyon brachyurus

Evolutionary Relationship

Arraia and Guará share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

Arraia

DD — Data Deficient

Guará

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arraia	Guará
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arraia

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Singapore, and Venezuela.

Guará

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Arraia

The Black river stingray (Potamotrygon motoro) is a species in the genus Potamotrygon. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.