Eaton's shield fern vs gorilla

Polystichum scopulinum compared with Gorilla gorilla

Key Differences

• Eaton's shield fern is Extinct while gorilla is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eaton's shield fern	gorilla
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Primates (primatas)
Family	Dryopteridaceae	Hominidae (Great Apes)
Genus	Polystichum	Gorilla (Gorillas)
Species	Polystichum scopulinum	Gorilla gorilla

Conservation Status

Eaton's shield fern

EX — Extinct

gorilla

CR — Critically Endangered

Population: ~100.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eaton's shield fern	gorilla
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	40 years
Average Length	—	1.7 m
Average Weight	—	160.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eaton's shield fern

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.

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

O maior primata do mundo, os gorilas ocidentais pesam até 180 kg e habitam as florestas tropicais e subtropicais da África equatorial. Principalmente herbívoros, vivem em grupos familiares liderados por um macho dominante (silverback) que protege o bando e medeia conflitos sociais. Criticamente Em Perigo, com populações ameaçadas pelo desmatamento, caça ilegal para carne de caça e surtos de doença pelo vírus Ebola.