Ascending Grapefern vs Ecuadorean Rice Rat

Botrychium ascendens compared with Nephelomys auriventer

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Ecuadorean Rice Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Ecuadorean 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 auriventer

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Ecuadorean Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Ecuadorean 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.

Ecuadorean Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Ascending Grapefern

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