Hairy-tailed Tree Rat vs intermediate oak fern

Brachytarsomys villosa compared with Gymnocarpium intermedium

Key Differences

• Hairy-tailed Tree Rat is Vulnerable while intermediate oak fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	intermediate oak fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Nesomyidae	Cystopteridaceae
Genus	Brachytarsomys	Gymnocarpium
Species	Brachytarsomys villosa	Gymnocarpium intermedium

Conservation Status

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

VU — Vulnerable

intermediate oak fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	intermediate oak fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

intermediate oak fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.