Asian swordfern vs Eastern Mole

Nephrolepis brownii compared with Scalopus aquaticus

Key Differences

• Asian swordfern is Not Evaluated while Eastern Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asian swordfern	Eastern Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Nephrolepidaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Nephrolepis	Scalopus
Species	Nephrolepis brownii	Scalopus aquaticus

Conservation Status

Asian swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asian swordfern	Eastern Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asian swordfern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Singapore, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Eastern Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Asian swordfern

The Asian swordfern (Nephrolepis brownii) is a species in the genus Nephrolepis. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies. Widely distributed across Asia (Singapore, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).