Amazon Bamboo Rat vs Vegetable fern

Dactylomys dactylinus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Amazon Bamboo Rat	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Echimyidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Dactylomys	Diplazium
Species	Dactylomys dactylinus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Amazon Bamboo Rat

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Amazon Bamboo Rat	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Amazon Bamboo Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

Amazon Bamboo Rat

The Amazon Bamboo Rat (Dactylomys dactylinus) is a species in the genus Dactylomys. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.