Adder'S Fern vs Oriente Cave Rat

Polypodium vulgare compared with Boromys offella

Key Differences

• Adder'S Fern is Least Concern while Oriente Cave Rat is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Adder'S Fern	Oriente Cave Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Polypodiaceae	Echimyidae
Genus	Polypodium	Boromys
Species	Polypodium vulgare	Boromys offella

Conservation Status

Adder'S Fern

LC — Least Concern

Oriente Cave Rat

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Adder'S Fern	Oriente Cave 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).

Oriente Cave 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.