maracanã-guaçu vs Guam Flying Fox

Ara severus compared with Pteropus tokudae

Key Differences

• maracanã-guaçu is Least Concern while Guam Flying Fox is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	maracanã-guaçu	Guam Flying Fox
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Aves (ave)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Chiroptera (morcego)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Ara severus	Pteropus tokudae

Evolutionary Relationship

maracanã-guaçu and Guam Flying Fox share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

maracanã-guaçu

LC — Least Concern

Guam Flying Fox

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	maracanã-guaçu	Guam Flying Fox
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).

Guam Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.