Adder'S Fern vs Mountain Anoa

Polypodium vulgare compared with Bubalus quarlesi

Key Differences

• Adder'S Fern is Least Concern while Mountain Anoa is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Mountain Anoa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Polypodium	Bubalus
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Bubalus quarlesi

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Anoa

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Mountain Anoa
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).

Mountain Anoa

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.