fougère-aigle vs Écureuil géant de l'Inde

Pteridium aquilinum compared with Ratufa indica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	fougère-aigle	Écureuil géant de l'Inde
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	Ratufa
Species	Pteridium aquilinum	Ratufa indica

Conservation Status

fougère-aigle

LC — Least Concern

Écureuil géant de l'Inde

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	fougère-aigle	Écureuil géant de l'Inde
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).

Écureuil géant de l'Inde

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