Ascending Grapefern vs Giant Jumping Rat

Botrychium ascendens compared with Hypogeomys antimena

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Giant Jumping Rat is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Giant Jumping Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Botrychium	Hypogeomys
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Hypogeomys antimena

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Giant Jumping Rat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Giant Jumping 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.

Giant Jumping Rat

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.