Jungle Shrew vs Vegetable fern

Suncus zeylanicus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Jungle Shrew is Endangered while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jungle Shrew	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Soricidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Suncus	Diplazium
Species	Suncus zeylanicus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Jungle Shrew

EN — Endangered

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jungle Shrew	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Jungle Shrew

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.