Golfinho Riscado vs Green Sea Turtle

Stenella coeruleoalba compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

Golfinho Riscado is Least Concern while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Golfinho Riscado	Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Reptilia (réptil)
Order	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)	Testudines (Tartaruga)
Family	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Stenella	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Stenella coeruleoalba	Chelonia mydas

Evolutionary Relationship

Golfinho Riscado and Green Sea Turtle share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

View Phylum: Chordata

Conservation Status

Golfinho Riscado

LC — Least Concern

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Golfinho Riscado	Green Sea Turtle
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	80 years
Average Length	—	1.2 m
Average Weight	—	200.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Golfinho Riscado

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Green Sea Turtle

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 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, and Mexico. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Golfinho Riscado

O Stenella coeruleoalba (Golfinho-riscado) está classificado como Pouco Preocupante (LC) na Lista Vermelha da IUCN. Amplamente distribuído e abundante em sua área de ocorrência, com populações estáveis e sem preocupações imediatas de conservação.