Adder'S Fern vs Mona Monkey

Polypodium vulgare compared with Cercopithecus mona

Key Differences

• Adder'S Fern is Least Concern while Mona Monkey is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Mona Monkey
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Polypodium	Cercopithecus
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Cercopithecus mona

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Mona Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Mona Monkey
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).

Mona Monkey

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Grenada and Sao Tome and Principe. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.