Adder'S Fern vs Dwarf Brocket

Polypodium vulgare compared with Mazama chunyi

Key Differences

• Adder'S Fern is Least Concern while Dwarf Brocket is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Dwarf Brocket
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Polypodium	Mazama
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Mazama chunyi

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf Brocket

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Dwarf Brocket
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).

Dwarf Brocket

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.