Guayaquil Squirrel vs Vegetable fern

Sciurus stramineus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Guayaquil Squirrel	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Athyriaceae
Genus	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)	Diplazium
Species	Sciurus stramineus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Guayaquil Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Guayaquil Squirrel	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Guayaquil Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Peru.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

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