Elephant Palm vs Formosan Serow

Borassus aethiopum compared with Capricornis swinhoei

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elephant Palm	Formosan Serow
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arecales (Arecales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Arecaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Borassus	Capricornis
Species	Borassus aethiopum	Capricornis swinhoei

Conservation Status

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Formosan Serow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elephant Palm	Formosan Serow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elephant Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Yemen.

Formosan Serow

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.