Ascending Grapefern vs Cottontop Tamarin

Botrychium ascendens compared with Saguinus oedipus

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Cottontop Tamarin is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Cottontop Tamarin
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Callitrichidae
Genus	Botrychium	Saguinus
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Saguinus oedipus

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Cottontop Tamarin

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Cottontop Tamarin
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.

Cottontop Tamarin

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Colombia. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Ascending Grapefern

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