fougère-aigle vs Daurian Ground Squirrel

Pteridium aquilinum compared with Spermophilus dauricus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	fougère-aigle	Daurian Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (plante)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Filicopsida)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Dennstaedtiaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Pteridium	Spermophilus
Species	Pteridium aquilinum	Spermophilus dauricus

Conservation Status

fougère-aigle

LC — Least Concern

Daurian Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	fougère-aigle	Daurian Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

fougère-aigle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (Iran, Turkey), Europe (6 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

Daurian Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

fougère-aigle

The Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) is a species in the genus Pteridium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 9 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Ne