gray wolf vs Toco Toucan

Canis lupus compared with Toucanus toco

Key Differences

• gray wolf is Critically Endangered while Toco Toucan is Least Concern.
• gray wolf is carnivore while Toco Toucan is omnivore.
• gray wolf is 64.3x heavier than Toco Toucan.
• Toco Toucan lives longer (20 years vs 13 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	gray wolf	Toco Toucan
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Aves (ave)
Order	Carnivora (carnívoros)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Canidae (Dogs & Wolves)	Corvidae (Crows & Ravens)
Genus	Canis (Dogs & Wolves)	Corvus (Crows & Ravens)
Species	Canis lupus	Toucanus toco

Evolutionary Relationship

gray wolf and Toco Toucan share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

gray wolf

CR — Critically Endangered

Population: ~300.0K

Trend: Stable →

Toco Toucan

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	gray wolf	Toco Toucan
Diet	Carnivore	Omnivore
Average Lifespan	13 years	20 years
Average Length	1.6 m	60 cm
Average Weight	45.0 kg	700 g

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.

Toco Toucan

Habitat

Typically found in a wide range of habitat types.

Range

Distributed across Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.

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.

Toco Toucan

O tucano-toco e a maior e mais conhecida especie da familia dos tucanos, famosa por seu bill colorido e de tamanho exagerado.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇦🇷 Argentina 🇧🇴 Bolivia