Flat-headed Kusimanse vs Narrow swordfern

Crossarchus platycephalus compared with Nephrolepis cordifolia

Key Differences

• Flat-headed Kusimanse is Least Concern while Narrow swordfern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flat-headed Kusimanse	Narrow swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Herpestidae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Crossarchus	Nephrolepis
Species	Crossarchus platycephalus	Nephrolepis cordifolia

Conservation Status

Flat-headed Kusimanse

LC — Least Concern

Narrow swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Flat-headed Kusimanse	Narrow swordfern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flat-headed Kusimanse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Narrow swordfern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Sweden), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).