bracken fern vs Delfín tonina

Pteridium esculentum compared with Tursiops truncatus

Key Differences

• bracken fern is Not Evaluated while Delfín tonina is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	bracken fern	Delfín tonina
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Dennstaedtiaceae	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Pteridium	Tursiops (Bottlenose Dolphins)
Species	Pteridium esculentum	Tursiops truncatus

Conservation Status

bracken fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Delfín tonina

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~600.0K

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	bracken fern	Delfín tonina
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	45 years
Average Length	—	3.0 m
Average Weight	—	300.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

bracken fern

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Brazil.

Delfín tonina

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 12 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

bracken fern

The Bracken fern (Pteridium esculentum) is a species in the genus Pteridium. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies. It is found in Brazil.

Delfín tonina

La especie de delfín más estudiada y reconocida, los delfines mulares habitan océanos cálidos y templados de todo el mundo, desde las aguas costeras poco profundas hasta el mar abierto. Altamente inteligentes con grandes cerebros en relación con el tamaño corporal, demuestran autoreconocimiento, comunicación compleja y aprendizaje social. Viven en sociedades fluidas de fisión-fusión y cooperan para arrear peces. Una especie indicadora clave de la salud del ecosistema marino.