mountain gorilla vs Vegetable fern

Gorilla beringei compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• mountain gorilla is Critically Endangered while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	mountain gorilla	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Hominidae (Great Apes)	Athyriaceae
Genus	Gorilla (Gorillas)	Diplazium
Species	Gorilla beringei	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

mountain gorilla

CR — Critically Endangered

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	mountain gorilla	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

mountain gorilla

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.