Gray Mouse Opossum vs Vegetable fern

Tlacuatzin canescens compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Mouse Opossum	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Didelphidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Tlacuatzin	Diplazium
Species	Tlacuatzin canescens	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Gray Mouse Opossum

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Mouse Opossum	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Mouse Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

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