basket fern vs Japanese Squirrel

Nephrolepis pectinata compared with Sciurus lis

Key Differences

• basket fern is Not Evaluated while Japanese Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	basket fern	Japanese Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Nephrolepidaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Nephrolepis	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)
Species	Nephrolepis pectinata	Sciurus lis

Conservation Status

basket fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Japanese Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	basket fern	Japanese Squirrel
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.

Japanese Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

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.