Mexican Ground Squirrel vs Vegetable fern

Ictidomys mexicanus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mexican Ground Squirrel	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Athyriaceae
Genus	Ictidomys	Diplazium
Species	Ictidomys mexicanus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Mexican Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mexican Ground Squirrel	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mexican Ground 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.