Crabeater seal vs Narrow swordfern

Lobodon carcinophaga compared with Nephrolepis cordifolia

Key Differences

• Crabeater seal is Least Concern while Narrow swordfern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crabeater seal	Narrow swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Pinnipedia (Seals & Sea Lions)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Phocidae (True Seals)	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Lobodon	Nephrolepis
Species	Lobodon carcinophaga	Nephrolepis cordifolia

Conservation Status

Crabeater seal

LC — Least Concern

Narrow swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crabeater seal	Narrow swordfern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crabeater seal

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Narrow swordfern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Sweden), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).