Pousargues’s Mongoose vs Vegetable fern

Dologale dybowskii compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Pousargues’s Mongoose is Data Deficient while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Pousargues’s Mongoose	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Herpestidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Dologale	Diplazium
Species	Dologale dybowskii	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Pousargues’s Mongoose

DD — Data Deficient

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Pousargues’s Mongoose	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Pousargues’s Mongoose

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.