Cheetah vs Clermont'S Spleenwort

Acinonyx jubatus compared with Asplenium clermontiae

Key Differences

Cheetah is Vulnerable while Clermont'S Spleenwort is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cheetah	Clermont'S Spleenwort
Kingdom	Animalia (hewan)	Plantae (tumbuhan)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (mamalia)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Felidae (Cats)	Aspleniaceae
Genus	Acinonyx (Cheetahs)	Asplenium
Species	Acinonyx jubatus	Asplenium clermontiae

Conservation Status

Cheetah

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~6.7K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Clermont'S Spleenwort

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cheetah	Clermont'S Spleenwort
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	12 years	—
Average Length	1.5 m	—
Average Weight	50.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cheetah

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 9 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Botswana, Iran, Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzania. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Clermont'S Spleenwort

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.

Cheetah

The fastest land animal on Earth, reaching speeds of 112 km/h over short distances across African and Iranian grasslands. Slender build with a deep chest, long legs, and distinctive black tear-stripe markings. Unlike other big cats, cheetahs vocalize with chirps and purrs. Vulnerable, with only ~7,000 remaining due to habitat fragmentation and competition with larger predators.

Clermont'S Spleenwort

Clermont's Spleenwort, Asplenium clermontiae, is a small fern in the family Aspleniaceae with a very restricted distribution in the Indian Ocean islands, believed to occur in the Mascarene archipelago. The genus Asplenium, the spleenworts, is one of the largest and most diverse fern genera globally, with species adapted to rock faces, tree bark, and moist forest floors across tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions. Clermont's Spleenwort, like many island-endemic Asplenium species, likely grows epiphytically on tree trunks or lithophytically on humid rock faces in montane forest, protected from the desiccating conditions of lower elevations. Island endemic ferns in the Mascarenes face severe threats from habitat loss driven by agricultural conversion, invasive plant species that alter forest structure, and introduced herbivores that destroy forest understory vegetation. Many spleenwort species have very small total populations confined to remnant forest patches. Asplenium clermontiae is considered rare and potentially threatened, though formal assessment data on its exact population size and trend are limited. Conservation of the species depends on the protection and restoration of humid forest habitats on the islands where it occurs.