American mink vs Utteridge's rough tree fern

Mustela vison compared with Dicksonia utteridgei

Key Differences

• American mink is Not Evaluated while Utteridge's rough tree fern is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American mink	Utteridge's rough tree fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Cyatheales (Cyatheales)
Family	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)	Dicksoniaceae
Genus	Mustela	Dicksonia
Species	Mustela vison	Dicksonia utteridgei

Conservation Status

American mink

NE — Not Evaluated

Utteridge's rough tree fern

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American mink	Utteridge's rough tree fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

American mink

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Mongolia), Europe (9 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Chile, Ecuador).

Utteridge's rough tree fern

Habitat

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

American mink

The American mink (Mustela vison) is a species in the genus Mustela. Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland en.