jaguar vs Red Admiral

Panthera onca compared with Vanessa atalanta

Key Differences

  • jaguar is Near Threatened while Red Admiral is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank jaguar Red Admiral
Kingdom same Animalia (动物界) Animalia (动物界)
Phylum Chordata (脊索动物门) Arthropoda (节肢动物门)
Class Mammalia (哺乳動物) Insecta (昆蟲綱)
Order Carnivora (食肉目) Lepidoptera (鱗翅目)
Family Felidae (Cats) Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Genus Panthera (Big Cats) Vanessa
Species Panthera onca Vanessa atalanta

Evolutionary Relationship

jaguar and Red Admiral share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (动物界)

Conservation Status

jaguar

NT — Near Threatened

Population: ~64.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Red Admiral

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute jaguar Red Admiral
Diet Carnivore
Average Lifespan 15 years
Average Length 1.9 m
Average Weight 100.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

jaguar

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, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Red Admiral

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Cyprus), Europe (41 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Venezuela).

jaguar

美洲最大的猫科动物,体重可达100千克,体型粗壮健硕,毛皮具有独特的玫瑰形花纹。分布于墨西哥至南美洲,亚马逊和潘塔纳尔是其主要栖息地。美洲豹是出色的游泳健将和顶级捕食者,在调节猎物种群方面发挥关键作用。由于森林砍伐导致栖息地缩减,被列为近危(NT)物种。

Red Admiral

红蛱蝶(Vanessa atalanta)在IUCN红色名录中被列为无危(LC)。在其分布范围内种群广泛且数量丰富,种群稳定,无直接保护忧虑。

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

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