Narrow swordfern vs Northern Hopping Mouse

Nephrolepis cordifolia compared with Notomys aquilo

Key Differences

• Narrow swordfern is Not Evaluated while Northern Hopping Mouse is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Narrow swordfern	Northern Hopping Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Nephrolepidaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Nephrolepis	Notomys
Species	Nephrolepis cordifolia	Notomys aquilo

Conservation Status

Narrow swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Northern Hopping Mouse

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Narrow swordfern	Northern Hopping Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Narrow swordfern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Sweden), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Northern Hopping Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.