Black-striped Squirrel vs Floating Fern

Callosciurus nigrovittatus compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Black-striped Squirrel is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-striped Squirrel	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Callosciurus	Salvinia
Species	Callosciurus nigrovittatus	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Black-striped Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-striped Squirrel	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-striped Squirrel

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).

Black-striped Squirrel

The Black-striped Squirrel (Callosciurus nigrovittatus) is a species in the genus Callosciurus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.