Panda Gigante vs Madeira Filmy Fern

Ailuropoda melanoleuca compared with Hymenophyllum maderense

Key Differences

Panda Gigante is Vulnerable while Madeira Filmy Fern is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Panda Gigante	Madeira Filmy Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (carnívoros)	Hymenophyllales (Hymenophyllales)
Family	Ursidae (Bears)	Hymenophyllaceae
Genus	Ailuropoda (Giant Pandas)	Hymenophyllum
Species	Ailuropoda melanoleuca	Hymenophyllum maderense

Conservation Status

Panda Gigante

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~1.9K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Madeira Filmy Fern

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Panda Gigante	Madeira Filmy 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.

Madeira Filmy Fern

Habitat

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

Range

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

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.