Adder'S Fern vs Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Polypodium vulgare compared with Chiropodomys muroides

Key Differences

• Adder'S Fern is Least Concern while Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
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	Chiropodomys
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Chiropodomys muroides

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
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).

Gray-bellied Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

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.