Giant Otter vs amor-de-campo-sujo

Pteronura brasiliensis compared with Desmodium incanum

Key Differences

• Giant Otter is Endangered while amor-de-campo-sujo is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant Otter	amor-de-campo-sujo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (carnívoros)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)	Fabaceae
Genus	Pteronura	Desmodium
Species	Pteronura brasiliensis	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Giant Otter

EN — Endangered

amor-de-campo-sujo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant Otter	amor-de-campo-sujo
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Giant Otter

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

amor-de-campo-sujo

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia