Botta's pocket gopher vs Vegetable fern

Thomomys bottae compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Botta's pocket gopher	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Geomyidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Thomomys	Diplazium
Species	Thomomys bottae	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Botta's pocket gopher

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Botta's pocket gopher	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Botta's pocket gopher

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.

Botta's pocket gopher

The Botta's Pocket Gopher (Thomomys bottae) is a species in the genus Thomomys. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.