gray wolf vs Cisne-vulgar

Canis lupus compared with Cygnus olor

Key Differences

• gray wolf is Critically Endangered while Cisne-vulgar is Near Threatened.
• gray wolf is carnivore while Cisne-vulgar is herbivore.
• gray wolf is 3.8x heavier than Cisne-vulgar.
• Cisne-vulgar lives longer (20 years vs 13 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	gray wolf	Cisne-vulgar
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Aves (ave)
Order	Carnivora (carnívoros)	Anseriformes (Anseriformes)
Family	Canidae (Dogs & Wolves)	Anatidae
Genus	Canis (Dogs & Wolves)	Cygnus
Species	Canis lupus	Cygnus olor

Evolutionary Relationship

gray wolf and Cisne-vulgar share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

gray wolf

CR — Critically Endangered

Population: ~300.0K

Trend: Stable →

Cisne-vulgar

NT — Near Threatened

Population: ~600.0K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	gray wolf	Cisne-vulgar
Diet	Carnivore	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	13 years	20 years
Average Length	1.6 m	1.5 m
Average Weight	45.0 kg	12.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

gray wolf

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 13 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (Japan), Europe (5 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, Vanuatu), and South America (5 countries). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Cisne-vulgar

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 8 distinct biome types.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (24 countries), North America (Canada, Dominican Republic, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Colombia, Peru). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

gray wolf

O lobo-cinzento (Canis lupus), o canídeo selvagem mais amplamente distribuído, ocorre da América do Norte à Eurásia em habitats diversos, incluindo tundra, florestas e pradarias. São animais altamente sociais que vivem em matilhas familiares lideradas por um casal reprodutor dominante. Como predadores-chave, os lobos regulam as populações de presas e moldam profundamente a estrutura do ecossistema, como demonstrou sua reintrodução em Yellowstone. Antes muito perseguidos, as populações estão se recuperando em muitas regiões.

Cisne-vulgar

O cisne-mudo e o cisne mais comumente encontrado no mundo e uma das maiores aves voadoras, pesando ate 15 kg, habitando lagos, rios e baias costeiras na Europa e Asia, com populacoes introduzidas amplamente distribuidas na America do Norte e Australia. Apesar de seu nome, os cisnes-mudos produzem uma variedade de sons como assovios, grunhidos e assovios de asa. Os machos defendem territorialmente suas areas e sao capazes de ferir pessoas e afogar caes com poderosas batidas de asa.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 8 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 🇯🇵 Japan 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 United States