Albuja’s Climbing Rat vs Asian swordfern

Rhipidomys albujai compared with Nephrolepis brownii

Key Differences

• Albuja’s Climbing Rat is Data Deficient while Asian swordfern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Albuja’s Climbing Rat	Asian swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Rhipidomys	Nephrolepis
Species	Rhipidomys albujai	Nephrolepis brownii

Conservation Status

Albuja’s Climbing Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Asian swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Albuja’s Climbing Rat	Asian swordfern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Albuja’s Climbing Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

Asian swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Singapore, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Albuja’s Climbing Rat

The Albuja’s Climbing Rat (Rhipidomys albujai) is a species in the genus Rhipidomys. Its conservation status is listed as Data Deficient, indicating insufficient data for assessment. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Asian swordfern

The Asian swordfern (Nephrolepis brownii) is a species in the genus Nephrolepis. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies. Widely distributed across Asia (Singapore, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).