basket fern vs Canadian beaver

Nephrolepis pectinata compared with Castor canadensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	basket fern	Canadian beaver
Kingdom	Plantae (bitki)	Animalia (hayvan)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Kordalılar)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (memeliler)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Rodentia (kemiriciler)
Family	Nephrolepidaceae	Castoridae (Beavers)
Genus	Nephrolepis	Castor (Beavers)
Species	Nephrolepis pectinata	Castor canadensis

Conservation Status

basket fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Canadian beaver

NE — Not Evaluated

Population: ~15.0M

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	basket fern	Canadian beaver
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	1.0 m
Average Weight	—	25.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

basket fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

Canadian beaver

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, forests, and vegetated habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (15 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Argentina, Chile).

basket fern

The Basket fern (Nephrolepis pectinata) is a species in the genus Nephrolepis. Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies. Its range includes Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba. Its conservation status has not been formally evaluated by the IUCN.

Canadian beaver

The largest rodent in North America, Canadian beavers weigh up to 32 kg and are master ecosystem engineers inhabiting rivers, lakes, and wetlands across Canada and the northern United States. By felling trees and constructing dams up to hundreds of meters long, beavers create ponds that provide habitat for hundreds of species. Their lodges and canals transform entire watersheds. Once nearly hunted to extinction for their fur, beaver populations have recovered strongly.