Adder'S Fern vs Chestnut dunnart

Polypodium vulgare compared with Sminthopsis archeri

Key Differences

  • Adder'S Fern is Least Concern while Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Adder'S Fern Chestnut dunnart
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Tracheophyta Chordata (Chordates)
Class Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Polypodiales (Polypodiales) Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family Polypodiaceae Dasyuridae
Genus Polypodium Sminthopsis
Species Polypodium vulgare Sminthopsis archeri

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Adder'S Fern Chestnut dunnart
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Adder'S Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (United States).

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Adder'S Fern

The Adder'S Fern (Polypodium vulgare) is a species in the genus Polypodium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This species inhabits Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies, found across Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway.

Chestnut dunnart

The Chestnut dunnart (Sminthopsis archeri) is a species in the genus Sminthopsis. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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