Japanese climbing fern vs koala

Lygodium japonicum compared with Phascolarctos cinereus

Key Differences

Japanese climbing fern is Not Evaluated while koala is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Japanese climbing fern	koala
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Schizaeales (Schizaeales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Lygodiaceae	Phascolarctidae (Koalas)
Genus	Lygodium	Phascolarctos (Koalas)
Species	Lygodium japonicum	Phascolarctos cinereus

Conservation Status

Japanese climbing fern

NE — Not Evaluated

koala

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~100.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Japanese climbing fern	koala
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	75 cm
Average Weight	—	10.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Japanese climbing fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan), Europe (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), North America (Cuba, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

koala

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, forests, and vegetated habitats.

Range

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

Japanese climbing fern

No description available.

koala

Icônico marsupial do leste e sudeste da Austrália, os coalas pesam até 15 kg e passam até 22 horas diárias dormindo para conservar energia de sua dieta de folhas de eucalipto, com baixo teor calórico. Altamente especializados para processar os compostos tóxicos do eucalipto que matariam a maioria dos outros mamíferos, possuem microbiomas intestinais unicamente adaptados para a destoxificação. Classificado como Em Perigo em 2022, com populações dizimadas pela doença de clamídia, desmatamento e mudanças climáticas.