Australian brake vs Горбатый кит

Pteris tremula compared with Megaptera novaeangliae

Key Differences

Australian brake is Not Evaluated while Горбатый кит is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Australian brake	Горбатый кит
Kingdom	Plantae (растения)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (хордовые)
Class	Polypodiopsida (папоротниковые)	Mammalia (млекопитающие)
Order	Polypodiales (многоножковые)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Pteridaceae	Balaenopteridae (Rorquals)
Genus	Pteris	Megaptera (Humpback Whales)
Species	Pteris tremula	Megaptera novaeangliae

Conservation Status

Australian brake

NE — Not Evaluated

Горбатый кит

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~80.0K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Australian brake	Горбатый кит
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	50 years
Average Length	—	15.0 m
Average Weight	—	30.0 t

Habitat & Geographic Range

Australian brake

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Portugal, South Africa, Spain, and United States.

Горбатый кит

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 11 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Australian brake

The Australian brake (Pteris tremula) is a species in the genus Pteris. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies. Pteris tremula contributes to the biodiversity of its native ecosystems.

Горбатый кит

Among the most acrobatic of the great whales, humpback whales are renowned for their complex, haunting songs sung by males during breeding season — some lasting hours and evolving over time. Reaching 16 meters and 30 tonnes, they undertake the longest migrations of any mammal. Found in all oceans, humpbacks feed on krill and small fish using cooperative bubble-net feeding. Populations have largely recovered from historic whaling.