common bottlenose dolphin vs Loja water frog

Tursiops truncatus compared with Telmatobius cirrhacelis

Key Differences

• common bottlenose dolphin is Least Concern while Loja water frog is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	common bottlenose dolphin	Loja water frog
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Amphibia (Anfíbios)
Order	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)	Anura (Frogs & Toads)
Family	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)	Telmatobiidae
Genus	Tursiops (Bottlenose Dolphins)	Telmatobius
Species	Tursiops truncatus	Telmatobius cirrhacelis

Evolutionary Relationship

common bottlenose dolphin and Loja water frog share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

common bottlenose dolphin

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~600.0K

Trend: Stable →

Loja water frog

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	common bottlenose dolphin	Loja water frog
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).

Loja water frog

Habitat

Typically found in freshwater habitats, moist forests, and wetlands.

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.