Cape dune mole rat vs Vegetable fern

Bathyergus suillus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cape dune mole rat	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Bathyergidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Bathyergus	Diplazium
Species	Bathyergus suillus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Cape dune mole rat

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cape dune mole rat	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cape dune mole rat

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.

Cape dune mole rat

The Cape dune mole rat (Bathyergus suillus) is a species in the genus Bathyergus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.