Asiatic holly fern vs Tiger

Cyrtomium caryotideum compared with Panthera tigris

Key Differences

• Asiatic holly fern is Extinct while Tiger is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic holly fern	Tiger
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Dryopteridaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Cyrtomium	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Cyrtomium caryotideum	Panthera tigris

Conservation Status

Asiatic holly fern

EX — Extinct

Tiger

EN — Endangered

Population: ~4.5K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic holly fern	Tiger
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	20 years
Average Length	—	3.0 m
Average Weight	—	220.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic holly fern

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Tiger

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Asiatic holly fern

The Asiatic holly fern (Cyrtomium caryotideum) is a species in the genus Cyrtomium. It is currently classified as Extinct on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies. Found in Taiwan.

Tiger

The largest wild cat on Earth, tigers can exceed 300 kg and inhabit forests from the Russian Far East to Southeast Asia. Solitary ambush predators with distinctive orange and black striped coats that provide camouflage in dappled light. Critically endangered, with fewer than 4,000 remaining in the wild due to poaching and deforestation.