Asiatic holly fern vs Bamboo bear

Cyrtomium caryotideum compared with Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Key Differences

Asiatic holly fern is Extinct while Bamboo bear is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asiatic holly fern	Bamboo bear
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Carnivora (carnívoros)
Family	Dryopteridaceae	Ursidae (Bears)
Genus	Cyrtomium	Ailuropoda (Giant Pandas)
Species	Cyrtomium caryotideum	Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Conservation Status

Asiatic holly fern

EX — Extinct

Bamboo bear

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~1.9K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asiatic holly fern	Bamboo bear
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	20 years
Average Length	—	1.5 m
Average Weight	—	100.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asiatic holly fern

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Bamboo bear

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in China. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Asiatic holly fern

The Asiatic holly fern (Cyrtomium caryotideum) is a species in the genus Cyrtomium. It is currently classified as Extinct on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies. Found in Taiwan.

Bamboo bear

O panda-gigante (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) é um animal emblemático da China, célebre pela sua pelagem branca e preta e pela dieta baseada quase exclusivamente em bambu. Seu estado de conservação é vulnerável (VU), é o animal-bandeira da conservação internacional da vida silvestre e sua população apresentou alguma recuperação nos últimos anos.