Drooping Tonguefern vs Midday Jird

Elaphoglossum herminieri compared with Meriones meridianus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Drooping Tonguefern	Midday Jird
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Dryopteridaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Elaphoglossum	Meriones
Species	Elaphoglossum herminieri	Meriones meridianus

Conservation Status

Drooping Tonguefern

LC — Least Concern

Midday Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Drooping Tonguefern	Midday Jird
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Drooping Tonguefern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

Midday Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.