Black-fiber palm vs gorilla

Arenga pinnata compared with Gorilla gorilla

Key Differences

Black-fiber palm is Not Evaluated while gorilla is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-fiber palm	gorilla
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (木兰植物门)	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class	Liliopsida (百合纲)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order	Arecales (棕榈目)	Primates (灵长目)
Family	Arecaceae	Hominidae (Great Apes)
Genus	Arenga	Gorilla (Gorillas)
Species	Arenga pinnata	Gorilla gorilla

Conservation Status

Black-fiber palm

NE — Not Evaluated

gorilla

CR — Critically Endangered

Population: ~100.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-fiber palm	gorilla
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	40 years
Average Length	—	1.7 m
Average Weight	—	160.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-fiber palm

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Angola, Kenya, Tanzania), Asia (Taiwan), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, Palau).

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.

Black-fiber palm

The Black-fiber palm (Arenga pinnata) is a species in the genus Arenga. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes. Widely distributed across Africa (Angola, Kenya, Tanzania), Asia (Taiwan), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, Palau).