Chinese Brake vs Lion

Pteris vittata compared with Panthera leo

Key Differences

Chinese Brake is Least Concern while Lion is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese Brake	Lion
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class	Polypodiopsida (水龍骨綱)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order	Polypodiales (水龙骨目)	Carnivora (食肉目)
Family	Pteridaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Pteris	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Pteris vittata	Panthera leo

Conservation Status

Chinese Brake

LC — Least Concern

Lion

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~23.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese Brake	Lion
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	2.5 m
Average Weight	—	190.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese Brake

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (Georgia, Singapore, Taiwan), Europe (7 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, Palau, Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Suriname).

Lion

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 7 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Kenya. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Chinese Brake

The Chinese Brake (Pteris vittata) is a species in the genus Pteris. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.