Gascoyne Quillwort vs gorilla

Isoetes boryana compared with Gorilla gorilla

Key Differences

• Gascoyne Quillwort is Endangered while gorilla is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gascoyne Quillwort	gorilla
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Lycopodiopsida (ヒカゲノカズラ綱)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Isoetales (Isoetales)	Primates (サル目)
Family	Isoetaceae	Hominidae (Great Apes)
Genus	Isoetes	Gorilla (Gorillas)
Species	Isoetes boryana	Gorilla gorilla

Conservation Status

Gascoyne Quillwort

EN — Endangered

gorilla

CR — Critically Endangered

Population: ~100.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gascoyne Quillwort	gorilla
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	40 years
Average Length	—	1.7 m
Average Weight	—	160.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gascoyne Quillwort

gorilla

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 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Congo (Republic), Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

gorilla

世界最大の霊長類であるニシゴリラは体重が最大180kgに達し、赤道アフリカの熱帯・亜熱帯の森林に生息する。主に草食性で、群れを守り社会的な対立を仲裁するシルバーバック雄が率いる家族集団を形成する。森林破壊、食肉目的の密猟、エボラウイルス感染症の流行により脅威にさらされており、近絶滅種（CR）に指定されている。