basket fern vs Chacoan Mara

Nephrolepis pectinata compared with Dolichotis salinicola

Key Differences

• basket fern is Not Evaluated while Chacoan Mara is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	basket fern	Chacoan Mara
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Nephrolepidaceae	Caviidae
Genus	Nephrolepis	Dolichotis
Species	Nephrolepis pectinata	Dolichotis salinicola

Conservation Status

basket fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Chacoan Mara

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	basket fern	Chacoan Mara
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

basket fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

Chacoan Mara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

basket fern

The Basket fern (Nephrolepis pectinata) is a species in the genus Nephrolepis. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies. Its range includes Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba. Its conservation status has not been formally evaluated by the IUCN.

Chacoan Mara

The Chacoan Mara (Dolichotis salinicola) is a species in the genus Dolichotis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.