Leatherback Sea Turtle vs arara-vermelha

Dermochelys coriacea compared with Ara chloropterus

Key Differences

• Leatherback Sea Turtle is Vulnerable while arara-vermelha is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Leatherback Sea Turtle	arara-vermelha
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Reptilia (réptil)	Aves (ave)
Order	Testudines (Tartaruga)	Psittaciformes (Parrots)
Family	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)	Psittacidae (True Parrots)
Genus	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)	Ara (Macaws)
Species	Dermochelys coriacea	Ara chloropterus

Evolutionary Relationship

Leatherback Sea Turtle and arara-vermelha share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

Leatherback Sea Turtle

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~35.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

arara-vermelha

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Leatherback Sea Turtle	arara-vermelha
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	50 years	—
Average Length	2.0 m	—
Average Weight	500.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Leatherback 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 5 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Costa Rica, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Trinidad and Tobago. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

arara-vermelha

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (United Arab Emirates), Europe (Norway, United Kingdom), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Leatherback Sea Turtle

A tartaruga-de-couro é a maior tartaruga viva e o quarto réptil mais pesado. Ao contrário das demais tartarugas, possui uma carapaça mole e coriácea.

arara-vermelha

A arara-verde-e-vermelha (Ara chloropterus) esta classificada como Menos Preocupante (LC) na Lista Vermelha da IUCN. Amplamente distribuida e abundante em sua area de ocorrencia, com populacoes estaveis e sem preocupacoes imediatas de conservacao.