Napo Spiny-rat vs Vegetable fern

Proechimys quadruplicatus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Napo Spiny-rat	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Echimyidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Proechimys	Diplazium
Species	Proechimys quadruplicatus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Napo Spiny-rat

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Napo Spiny-rat	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Napo Spiny-rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.