Cupped Ear vs con hổ

Otidea cantharella compared with Panthera tigris

Key Differences

• Cupped Ear is Least Concern while con hổ is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cupped Ear	con hổ
Kingdom	Fungi (nấm)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)
Class	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)	Mammalia (lớp Thú)
Order	Pezizales (Pezizales)	Carnivora (bộ Ăn thịt)
Family	Otideaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Otidea	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Otidea cantharella	Panthera tigris

Conservation Status

Cupped Ear

LC — Least Concern

con hổ

EN — Endangered

Population: ~4.5K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cupped Ear	con hổ
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	20 years
Average Length	—	3.0 m
Average Weight	—	220.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cupped Ear

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

con hổ

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 6 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

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

con hổ

The largest wild cat on Earth, tigers can exceed 300 kg and inhabit forests from the Russian Far East to Southeast Asia. Solitary ambush predators with distinctive orange and black striped coats that provide camouflage in dappled light. Critically endangered, with fewer than 4,000 remaining in the wild due to poaching and deforestation.