Epaulard vs Stripe-Legged Robberfly

Orcinus orca compared with Dioctria hyalipennis

Key Differences

Epaulard is Data Deficient while Stripe-Legged Robberfly is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Epaulard	Stripe-Legged Robberfly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Arthropoda (artrópode)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Insecta (inseto)
Order	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)	Diptera (Mosca)
Family	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)	Asilidae
Genus	Orcinus (Orcas)	Dioctria
Species	Orcinus orca	Dioctria hyalipennis

Evolutionary Relationship

Epaulard and Stripe-Legged Robberfly share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

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Conservation Status

Epaulard

DD — Data Deficient

Population: ~50.0K

Trend: Unknown ?

Stripe-Legged Robberfly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Epaulard	Stripe-Legged Robberfly
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	50 years	—
Average Length	8.0 m	—
Average Weight	5.4 t	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Epaulard

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Stripe-Legged Robberfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Epaulard

O maior membro da família dos golfinhos, as orcas (Orcinus orca) podem atingir até 9 metros de comprimento e 6 toneladas, sendo encontradas em todos os oceanos, do Ártico ao Antártico. Predadores de topo que vivem em grupos matrilineares com dialetos distintos, estratégias de caça e tradições culturais que diferem entre populações. Algumas populações se especializam em peixes, outras em mamíferos marinhos. Sem predadores naturais, as orcas ocupam o topo de todas as cadeias alimentares marinhas que habitam.