Ecuadorean Rice Rat vs Vegetable fern

Nephelomys auriventer compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ecuadorean Rice Rat	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	Nephelomys	Diplazium
Species	Nephelomys auriventer	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Ecuadorean Rice Rat

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ecuadorean Rice Rat	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ecuadorean Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.