Jolly’s Mouse Lemur vs Vegetable fern

Microcebus jollyae compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Jolly’s Mouse Lemur is Endangered while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jolly’s Mouse Lemur	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Cheirogaleidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Microcebus	Diplazium
Species	Microcebus jollyae	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Jolly’s Mouse Lemur

EN — Endangered

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jolly’s Mouse Lemur	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Jolly’s Mouse Lemur

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.