Chilean rock rat vs Vegetable fern

Aconaemys fuscus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chilean rock rat	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Octodontidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Aconaemys	Diplazium
Species	Aconaemys fuscus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Chilean rock rat

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chilean rock rat	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chilean rock 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.

Chilean rock rat

The Chilean rock rat (Aconaemys fuscus) is a species in the genus Aconaemys. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.