Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel vs Vegetable fern

Idiurus macrotis compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Anomaluridae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Idiurus	Diplazium
Species	Idiurus macrotis	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-eared Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel

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.