Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa vs Narrow swordfern

Pygeretmus platyurus compared with Nephrolepis cordifolia

Key Differences

• Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa is Least Concern while Narrow swordfern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa	Narrow swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Dipodidae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Pygeretmus	Nephrolepis
Species	Pygeretmus platyurus	Nephrolepis cordifolia

Conservation Status

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Narrow swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa	Narrow swordfern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Narrow swordfern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Sweden), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).