Bamboo bear vs Governor Laffan's Fern

Ailuropoda melanoleuca compared with Diplazium laffanianum

Key Differences

• Bamboo bear is Vulnerable while Governor Laffan's Fern is Extinct in the Wild.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bamboo bear	Governor Laffan's Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (carnívoros)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Ursidae (Bears)	Athyriaceae
Genus	Ailuropoda (Giant Pandas)	Diplazium
Species	Ailuropoda melanoleuca	Diplazium laffanianum

Conservation Status

Bamboo bear

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~1.9K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Governor Laffan's Fern

EW — Extinct in the Wild

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bamboo bear	Governor Laffan's Fern
Diet	Herbivore	—
Average Lifespan	20 years	—
Average Length	1.5 m	—
Average Weight	100.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

Governor Laffan's Fern

Habitat

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

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.