corvo-marinho-d'orelhas vs Green Sea Turtle

Phalacrocorax auritus compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

  • corvo-marinho-d'orelhas is Least Concern while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank corvo-marinho-d'orelhas Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom same Animalia (Animals) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same Chordata (cordados) Chordata (cordados)
Class Aves (ave) Reptilia (réptil)
Order Suliformes (Suliformes) Testudines (Tartaruga)
Family Phalacrocoracidae Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus Phalacrocorax Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species Phalacrocorax auritus Chelonia mydas

Evolutionary Relationship

corvo-marinho-d'orelhas and Green Sea Turtle share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

corvo-marinho-d'orelhas

LC — Least Concern

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute corvo-marinho-d'orelhas Green Sea Turtle
Diet Herbivore
Average Lifespan 80 years
Average Length 1.2 m
Average Weight 200.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

corvo-marinho-d'orelhas

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia).

Green Sea Turtle

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, and Mexico. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

corvo-marinho-d'orelhas

O cormorão-de-duas-cristas (Phalacrocorax auritus) está classificado como Pouco Preocupante (LC) na Lista Vermelha da UICN. Amplamente distribuído e abundante em sua área de ocorrência, com populações estáveis e sem preocupações de conservação imediatas.

Green Sea Turtle

A tartaruga-verde (Chelonia mydas) é uma das maiores tartarugas marinhas. Seu nome vem da cor verde da cartilagem e gordura, não do casco.

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