Adder'S Fern vs False Water Rat

Polypodium vulgare compared with Xeromys myoides

Key Differences

• Adder'S Fern is Least Concern while False Water Rat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	False Water Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Polypodium	Xeromys
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Xeromys myoides

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

False Water Rat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	False Water Rat
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).

False Water Rat

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.