Ascending Grapefern vs Mexican Ground Squirrel

Botrychium ascendens compared with Ictidomys mexicanus

Key Differences

• Ascending Grapefern is Not Evaluated while Mexican Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ascending Grapefern	Mexican Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Echte Farne)	Mammalia (Säugetiere)
Order	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)	Rodentia (Nagetiere)
Family	Ophioglossaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Botrychium	Ictidomys
Species	Botrychium ascendens	Ictidomys mexicanus

Conservation Status

Ascending Grapefern

NE — Not Evaluated

Mexican Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ascending Grapefern	Mexican Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ascending Grapefern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Norway, and United States.

Mexican Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ascending Grapefern

Ascending grapefern (Botrychium ascendens) is a species in the genus Botrychium. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.