Adder'S Fern vs Chinese Pangolin

Polypodium vulgare compared with Manis pentadactyla

Key Differences

• Adder'S Fern is Least Concern while Chinese Pangolin is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Chinese Pangolin
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Pholidota (Pholidota)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Manidae
Genus	Polypodium	Manis
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Manis pentadactyla

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Chinese Pangolin

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Chinese Pangolin
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Adder'S Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (United States).

Chinese Pangolin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Adder'S Fern

The Adder'S Fern (Polypodium vulgare) is a species in the genus Polypodium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This species inhabits Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies, found across Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway.

Chinese Pangolin

The Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) is a species in the genus Manis. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.