Large-eared Hutia vs Vegetable fern

Mesocapromys auritus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Large-eared Hutia is Endangered while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large-eared Hutia	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Capromyidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Mesocapromys	Diplazium
Species	Mesocapromys auritus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Large-eared Hutia

EN — Endangered

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large-eared Hutia	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large-eared Hutia

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.