Boyacá Spiny Rat vs Vegetable fern

Proechimys chrysaeolus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Boyacá Spiny Rat is Data Deficient while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Boyacá Spiny Rat	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Echimyidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Proechimys	Diplazium
Species	Proechimys chrysaeolus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Boyacá Spiny Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Boyacá Spiny Rat	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Boyacá Spiny Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

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

Boyacá Spiny Rat

The Boyacá spiny rat (Proechimys chrysaeolus) is a species in the genus Proechimys. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.