North American Badger vs Vegetable fern

Taxidea taxus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	North American Badger	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)	Athyriaceae
Genus	Taxidea	Diplazium
Species	Taxidea taxus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

North American Badger

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	North American Badger	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

North American Badger

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.