Adder'S Fern vs Indomalayan Bamboo Rat

Polypodium vulgare compared with Rhizomys sumatrensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Indomalayan Bamboo Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Spalacidae
Genus	Polypodium	Rhizomys
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Rhizomys sumatrensis

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Indomalayan Bamboo Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Indomalayan Bamboo 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).

Indomalayan Bamboo 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.