Cape mole-rat vs Vegetable fern

Georychus capensis compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cape 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	Georychus	Diplazium
Species	Georychus capensis	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Cape mole-rat

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cape 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 mole-rat

The Cape Mole-rat (Georychus capensis) is a species in the genus Georychus. It is currently classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.