African forest elephant vs Vegetable fern

Loxodonta cyclotis compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• African forest elephant is Critically Endangered while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African forest elephant	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Proboscidea (Elephants)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Elephantidae (Elephants)	Athyriaceae
Genus	Loxodonta (African Elephants)	Diplazium
Species	Loxodonta cyclotis	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

African forest elephant

CR — Critically Endangered

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African forest elephant	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African forest elephant

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.

African forest elephant

The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is a species in the genus Loxodonta. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.