Mountain Water Rat vs Streamside Swordfern

Baiyankamys habbema compared with Nephrolepis rivularis

Key Differences

• Mountain Water Rat is Data Deficient while Streamside Swordfern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Water Rat	Streamside Swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Baiyankamys	Nephrolepis
Species	Baiyankamys habbema	Nephrolepis rivularis

Conservation Status

Mountain Water Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Streamside Swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mountain Water Rat	Streamside Swordfern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Water Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Streamside Swordfern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.