Gray-bellied Rice Rat vs Vegetable fern

Nephelomys moerex compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Gray-bellied Rice Rat is Extinct while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-bellied 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 moerex	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

EX — Extinct

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-bellied Rice Rat	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

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