Cerf De Virginie vs Vegetable fern

Odocoileus virginianus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cerf De Virginie	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Cervidae (Deer)	Athyriaceae
Genus	Odocoileus	Diplazium
Species	Odocoileus virginianus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Cerf De Virginie

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cerf De Virginie	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cerf De Virginie

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (13 countries), North America (5 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador).

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

Cerf De Virginie

The Cerf De Virginie (Odocoileus virginianus) is a species in the genus Odocoileus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to ['Austria', 'Belgium', 'Bulgaria', 'Colombia', 'Costa Rica'].