Abbott's Duiker vs Vegetable fern

Cephalophus spadix compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Abbott's Duiker is Endangered while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Abbott's Duiker	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Athyriaceae
Genus	Cephalophus	Diplazium
Species	Cephalophus spadix	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Abbott's Duiker

EN — Endangered

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Abbott's Duiker	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Abbott's Duiker

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

Abbott's Duiker

The Abbott's Duiker (Cephalophus spadix) is a species in the genus Cephalophus. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. It typically inhabits diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Habitat records describe it as occurring in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.