Big-Leaf Maple vs Silverfish

Acer macrophyllum compared with Ctenolepisma longicaudatum

Key Differences

Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while Silverfish is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Silverfish
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Zygentoma (Zygentoma)
Family	Sapindaceae	Lepismatidae
Genus	Acer	Ctenolepisma
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Ctenolepisma longicaudatum

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Silverfish

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Silverfish
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-Leaf Maple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Ireland, and United States.

Silverfish

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Cyprus, Taiwan), Europe (11 countries), and North America (United States).

Big-Leaf Maple

The Big-Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) is a species in the genus Acer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.