Peruvian Laucha vs Vegetable fern

Calomys sorellus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Peruvian Laucha	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Cricetidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Calomys	Diplazium
Species	Calomys sorellus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Peruvian Laucha

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Peruvian Laucha	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Peruvian Laucha

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.