Sumatran orangutan vs Vegetable fern

Pongo abelii compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Sumatran orangutan is Critically Endangered while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Sumatran orangutan	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	Pongo (Orangutans)	Diplazium
Species	Pongo abelii	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Sumatran orangutan

CR — Critically Endangered

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Sumatran orangutan	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Sumatran orangutan

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.