Asian Badger vs Floating Fern

Meles leucurus compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Asian Badger is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Asian Badger	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Meles	Salvinia
Species	Meles leucurus	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Asian Badger

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Asian Badger	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Asian Badger

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Asian Badger

Asian badger (Meles leucurus) is a species in the genus Meles. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.