Black and rufous elephant shrew/sengi vs Floating Fern

Rhynchocyon petersi compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

Black and rufous elephant shrew/sengi is Vulnerable while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black and rufous elephant shrew/sengi	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Macroscelidea (Macroscelidea)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Macroscelididae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Rhynchocyon	Salvinia
Species	Rhynchocyon petersi	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Black and rufous elephant shrew/sengi

VU — Vulnerable

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black and rufous elephant shrew/sengi	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black and rufous elephant shrew/sengi

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Kenya. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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).

Black and rufous elephant shrew/sengi

The Black and rufous elephant shrew/sengi (Rhynchocyon petersi) is a species in the genus Rhynchocyon. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeo