Bracken vs Northern Bettong

Pteridium aquilinum compared with Bettongia tropica

Key Differences

• Bracken is Least Concern while Northern Bettong is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bracken	Northern Bettong
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Dennstaedtiaceae	Potoroidae
Genus	Pteridium	Bettongia
Species	Pteridium aquilinum	Bettongia tropica

Conservation Status

Bracken

LC — Least Concern

Northern Bettong

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bracken	Northern Bettong
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bracken

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (Iran, Turkey), Europe (6 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

Northern Bettong

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bracken

The Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) is a species in the genus Pteridium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Ne