basket fern vs Eastern Spiny Mouse

Nephrolepis pectinata compared with Acomys dimidiatus

Key Differences

• basket fern is Not Evaluated while Eastern Spiny Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	basket fern	Eastern Spiny Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Nephrolepidaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Nephrolepis	Acomys
Species	Nephrolepis pectinata	Acomys dimidiatus

Conservation Status

basket fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Eastern Spiny Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	basket fern	Eastern Spiny Mouse
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.

Eastern Spiny Mouse

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.