Adder'S Fern vs Long-nosed Scolomys

Polypodium vulgare compared with Scolomys ucayalensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Long-nosed Scolomys
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Polypodium	Scolomys
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Scolomys ucayalensis

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Long-nosed Scolomys

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Long-nosed Scolomys
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 Scolomys

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

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.