Formosa-Serau vs hooked-pepperwort

Capricornis swinhoei compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• Formosa-Serau is Least Concern while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Formosa-Serau	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Polypodiopsida (Echte Farne)
Order	Artiodactyla (Paarhufer)	Salviniales (Schwimmfarnartige)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Marsileaceae
Genus	Capricornis	Marsilea
Species	Capricornis swinhoei	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Formosa-Serau

LC — Least Concern

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Formosa-Serau	hooked-pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Formosa-Serau

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.