Lesser Short-tailed Rat vs Vegetable fern

Brachyuromys betsileoensis compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Short-tailed Rat	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Nesomyidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Brachyuromys	Diplazium
Species	Brachyuromys betsileoensis	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Lesser Short-tailed Rat

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Short-tailed Rat	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Short-tailed Rat

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.