common bottlenose dolphin vs South Asian applesnail

Tursiops truncatus compared with Pila ampullacea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	common bottlenose dolphin	South Asian applesnail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Mollusca (Moluscos)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Gastropoda (Gastrópodes)
Order	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)	Architaenioglossa (Architaenioglossa)
Family	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)	Ampullariidae
Genus	Tursiops (Bottlenose Dolphins)	Pila
Species	Tursiops truncatus	Pila ampullacea

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

common bottlenose dolphin

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~600.0K

Trend: Stable →

South Asian applesnail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	common bottlenose dolphin	South Asian applesnail
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).

South Asian applesnail

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway