Panda Gigante vs cow-tongue fern

Ailuropoda melanoleuca compared with Campyloneurum phyllitidis

Key Differences

• Panda Gigante is Vulnerable while cow-tongue fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Panda Gigante	cow-tongue fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (carnívoros)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Ursidae (Bears)	Polypodiaceae
Genus	Ailuropoda (Giant Pandas)	Campyloneurum
Species	Ailuropoda melanoleuca	Campyloneurum phyllitidis

Conservation Status

Panda Gigante

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~1.9K

Trend: Increasing ↑

cow-tongue fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Panda Gigante	cow-tongue fern
Diet	Herbivore	—
Average Lifespan	20 years	—
Average Length	1.5 m	—
Average Weight	100.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Panda Gigante

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in China. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

cow-tongue fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

Panda Gigante

El panda gigante (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) es un animal emblemático de China, célebre por su pelaje blanco y negro y su dieta basada casi exclusivamente en bambú. Su estado de conservación es vulnerable (VU), es el animal bandera de la conservación internacional de la vida silvestre, y su población ha experimentado cierta recuperación en los últimos años.