Cá Nhàm đuôi dài vs common bottlenose dolphin

Alopias vulpinus compared with Tursiops truncatus

Key Differences

• Cá Nhàm đuôi dài is Not Evaluated while common bottlenose dolphin is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cá Nhàm đuôi dài	common bottlenose dolphin
Kingdom same	Animalia (động vật)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum same	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)
Class	Chondrichthyes (Lớp Cá sụn)	Mammalia (lớp Thú)
Order	Lamniformes (Bộ Cá nhám thu)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Alopiidae	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Alopias	Tursiops (Bottlenose Dolphins)
Species	Alopias vulpinus	Tursiops truncatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Cá Nhàm đuôi dài and common bottlenose dolphin share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (động vật có dây sống)

Conservation Status

Cá Nhàm đuôi dài

NE — Not Evaluated

common bottlenose dolphin

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~600.0K

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cá Nhàm đuôi dài	common bottlenose dolphin
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	45 years
Average Length	—	3.0 m
Average Weight	—	300.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cá Nhàm đuôi dài

Habitat

Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.

Range

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

common bottlenose dolphin

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Cá Nhàm đuôi dài

The Atlantic Thresher (Alopias vulpinus) is a species in the genus Alopias. Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.

common bottlenose dolphin

The most studied and recognized dolphin species, bottlenose dolphins inhabit warm and temperate oceans worldwide, from coastal shallows to the open sea. Highly intelligent with large brains relative to body size, they demonstrate self-recognition, complex communication, and social learning. They live in fluid fission-fusion societies and cooperate to herd fish. A keystone indicator species for marine ecosystem health.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 6 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇻🇪 Venezuela