Cévennes Male-fern vs common bottlenose dolphin

Dryopteris ardechensis compared with Tursiops truncatus

Key Differences

Cévennes Male-fern is Vulnerable while common bottlenose dolphin is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cévennes Male-fern	common bottlenose dolphin
Kingdom	Plantae (растения)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (хордовые)
Class	Polypodiopsida (папоротниковые)	Mammalia (млекопитающие)
Order	Polypodiales (многоножковые)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Dryopteridaceae	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Dryopteris	Tursiops (Bottlenose Dolphins)
Species	Dryopteris ardechensis	Tursiops truncatus

Conservation Status

Cévennes Male-fern

VU — Vulnerable

common bottlenose dolphin

LC — Least Concern

Population: ~600.0K

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cévennes Male-fern	common bottlenose dolphin
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	45 years
Average Length	—	3.0 m
Average Weight	—	300.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cévennes Male-fern

Habitat

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

common bottlenose dolphin

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 12 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Cévennes Male-fern

The Cévennes Male-Fern (Dryopteris ardechensis) is a species in the genus Dryopteris. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

common bottlenose dolphin

The most studied and recognized dolphin species, bottlenose dolphins inhabit warm and temperate oceans worldwide, from coastal shallows to the open sea. Highly intelligent with large brains relative to body size, they demonstrate self-recognition, complex communication, and social learning. They live in fluid fission-fusion societies and cooperate to herd fish. A keystone indicator species for marine ecosystem health.