Adder'S Fern vs Long-nosed Echymipera

Polypodium vulgare compared with Echymipera rufescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Long-nosed Echymipera
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Peramelemorphia (Peramelemorphia)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Peramelidae
Genus	Polypodium	Echymipera
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Echymipera rufescens

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Long-nosed Echymipera

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Long-nosed Echymipera
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).

Long-nosed Echymipera

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.