basket fern vs Kintampo Rope Squirrel

Nephrolepis pectinata compared with Funisciurus substriatus

Key Differences

• basket fern is Not Evaluated while Kintampo Rope Squirrel is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	basket fern	Kintampo Rope 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	Funisciurus
Species	Nephrolepis pectinata	Funisciurus substriatus

Conservation Status

basket fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Kintampo Rope Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	basket fern	Kintampo Rope 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.

Kintampo Rope Squirrel

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.