Ebony Akodont vs Vegetable fern

Thaptomys nigrita compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ebony Akodont	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Thaptomys	Diplazium
Species	Thaptomys nigrita	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Ebony Akodont

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ebony Akodont	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ebony Akodont

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.