Adder'S Fern vs Lesser Capybara

Polypodium vulgare compared with Hydrochoerus isthmius

Key Differences

• Adder'S Fern is Least Concern while Lesser Capybara is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Lesser Capybara
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Caviidae
Genus	Polypodium	Hydrochoerus
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Hydrochoerus isthmius

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Capybara

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Lesser Capybara
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).

Lesser Capybara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

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.