common bottlenose dolphin vs cardeiro

Tursiops truncatus compared with Cereus jamacaru

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	common bottlenose dolphin	cardeiro
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Cnidaria (cnidários)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Anthozoa
Order	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)	Actiniaria (Actiniaria)
Family	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)	Sagartiidae
Genus	Tursiops (Bottlenose Dolphins)	Cereus
Species	Tursiops truncatus	Cereus jamacaru

Evolutionary Relationship

common bottlenose dolphin and cardeiro share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

common bottlenose dolphin

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~600.0K

Trend: Stable →

cardeiro

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	common bottlenose dolphin	cardeiro
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).

cardeiro

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found across Africa (11 countries) and South America (Brazil).

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.