Delta maidenhair fern vs Tiger

Adiantum raddianum compared with Panthera tigris

Key Differences

Delta maidenhair fern is Not Evaluated while Tiger is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delta maidenhair 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	Pteridaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Adiantum	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Adiantum raddianum	Panthera tigris

Conservation Status

Delta maidenhair fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Tiger

EN — Endangered

Population: ~4.5K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delta maidenhair fern	Tiger
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	20 years
Average Length	—	3.0 m
Average Weight	—	220.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Delta maidenhair fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Trinidad and Tobago, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.