Black-scale Fern vs Tiger

Diplazium filamentosum compared with Panthera tigris

Key Differences

Black-scale Fern is Least Concern while Tiger is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-scale Fern	Tiger
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Polypodiopsida (ウラボシ綱)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Polypodiales (ウラボシ目)	Carnivora (ネコ目)
Family	Athyriaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Diplazium	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Diplazium filamentosum	Panthera tigris

Conservation Status

Black-scale Fern

LC — Least Concern

Tiger

EN — Endangered

Population: ~4.5K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-scale Fern	Tiger
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	20 years
Average Length	—	3.0 m
Average Weight	—	220.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-scale Fern

Habitat

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

Tiger

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 6 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

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

Black-scale Fern

The Black-scale Fern (Diplazium filamentosum) is a species in the genus Diplazium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.