False Water Rat vs Hairy Snakefern

Xeromys myoides compared with Microgramma piloselloides

Key Differences

• False Water Rat is Vulnerable while Hairy Snakefern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Water Rat	Hairy Snakefern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Polypodiaceae
Genus	Xeromys	Microgramma
Species	Xeromys myoides	Microgramma piloselloides

Conservation Status

False Water Rat

VU — Vulnerable

Hairy Snakefern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Water Rat	Hairy Snakefern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Water Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hairy Snakefern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.