Big-eared opossum vs Vegetable fern

Didelphis aurita compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-eared opossum	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Didelphidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Didelphis	Diplazium
Species	Didelphis aurita	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Big-eared opossum

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-eared opossum	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-eared opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

Big-eared opossum

The Big-eared opossum (Didelphis aurita) is a species in the genus Didelphis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.