maracanã-guaçu vs Corsican Hare

Ara severus compared with Lepus corsicanus

Key Differences

• maracanã-guaçu is Least Concern while Corsican Hare is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	maracanã-guaçu	Corsican Hare
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Aves (ave)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Lagomorpha (Lagomorfos)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Lepus
Species	Ara severus	Lepus corsicanus

Evolutionary Relationship

maracanã-guaçu and Corsican Hare share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

maracanã-guaçu

LC — Least Concern

Corsican Hare

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	maracanã-guaçu	Corsican Hare
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

maracanã-guaçu

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (Belgium, Norway), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Corsican Hare

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in France. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

maracanã-guaçu

A maracanã-do-Orinoco (Ara severus) é uma arara de médio porte do gênero Ara, habitante de florestas tropicais e savanas arborizadas da América do Sul, do Panamá ao Brasil central. Possui plumagem verde com testa castanha, asas azuis e cauda avermelhada. Vive em grupos barulhentos e se alimenta de frutos, sementes e flores. Nidifica em ocos de árvores. É frequentemente mantida como ave de gaiola, sendo comercializada ilegalmente.