common bottlenose dolphin vs andorinhão-das-barreiras

Tursiops truncatus compared with Apus horus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	common bottlenose dolphin	andorinhão-das-barreiras
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Aves (ave)
Order	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)	Apodidae
Genus	Tursiops (Bottlenose Dolphins)	Apus
Species	Tursiops truncatus	Apus horus

Evolutionary Relationship

common bottlenose dolphin and andorinhão-das-barreiras share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

View Phylum: Chordata

Conservation Status

common bottlenose dolphin

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~600.0K

Trend: Stable →

andorinhão-das-barreiras

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	common bottlenose dolphin	andorinhão-das-barreiras
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	45 years	—
Average Length	3.0 m	—
Average Weight	300.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

common bottlenose dolphin

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

andorinhão-das-barreiras

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway.

common bottlenose dolphin

A espécie de golfinho mais estudada e reconhecida, os roazes habitam oceanos quentes e temperados de todo o mundo, desde águas costeiras rasas até ao mar aberto. Altamente inteligentes com grandes cérebros em relação ao tamanho corporal, demonstram auto-reconhecimento, comunicação complexa e aprendizagem social. Vivem em sociedades fluidas de fissão-fusão e cooperam para arrebanhar peixes. Uma espécie indicadora chave da saúde dos ecossistemas marinhos.