Fossa vs Vegetable fern

Cryptoprocta ferox compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Fossa is Vulnerable while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fossa	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Eupleridae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Cryptoprocta	Diplazium
Species	Cryptoprocta ferox	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Fossa

VU — Vulnerable

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fossa	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fossa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

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