Ascending Grapefern vs Child’s Rice Rat

Botrychium ascendens compared with Nephelomys childi

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Child’s Rice Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Child’s Rice Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Botrychium	Nephelomys
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Nephelomys childi

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Child’s Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Child’s Rice Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ascending Grapefern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.

Child’s Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Ascending Grapefern

Ascending grapefern (Botrychium ascendens) is a species in the genus Botrychium. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Child’s Rice Rat

The Child’s Rice Rat (Nephelomys childi) is a species in the genus Nephelomys. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.