brittle maidenhair fern vs León

Adiantum concinnum compared with Panthera leo

Key Differences

brittle maidenhair fern is Not Evaluated while León is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brittle maidenhair fern	León
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Carnivora (carnívoros)
Family	Pteridaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Adiantum	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Adiantum concinnum	Panthera leo

Conservation Status

brittle maidenhair fern

NE — Not Evaluated

León

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~23.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brittle maidenhair fern	León
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	2.5 m
Average Weight	—	190.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

brittle maidenhair fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.

León

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Kenya. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

brittle maidenhair fern

The Brittle maidenhair fern (Adiantum concinnum) is a species in the genus Adiantum. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

León

El felino salvaje más grande de Africa, el león puede alcanzar hasta 250 kg y es el único félido social, viviendo en manadas en sabanas y praderas del Africa subsahariana. Los machos se distinguen por sus icónicas melenas. Como depredadores apicales, regulan las poblaciones de herbívoros y mantienen el equilibrio del ecosistema. Clasificado como Vulnerable debido a la pérdida de hábitat y el conflicto entre humanos y vida silvestre.