Ascending Grapefern vs Crab-eating Mongoose

Botrychium ascendens compared with Herpestes urva

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Crab-eating Mongoose is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Crab-eating Mongoose
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Herpestidae
Genus	Botrychium	Herpestes
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Herpestes urva

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Crab-eating Mongoose

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Crab-eating Mongoose
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.

Crab-eating Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ascending Grapefern

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