Giant Mole Shrew vs Vegetable fern

Blarina brevicauda compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant Mole Shrew	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Soricidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Blarina	Diplazium
Species	Blarina brevicauda	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Giant Mole Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant Mole Shrew	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Giant Mole Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

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

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇺🇸 United States