Bobak Marmot vs Floating Fern

Marmota bobak compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Bobak Marmot is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bobak Marmot	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	Marmota	Salvinia
Species	Marmota bobak	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Bobak Marmot

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bobak Marmot	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bobak Marmot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Russia and Ukraine.

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).

Bobak Marmot

The Bobak Marmot (Marmota bobak) is a species in the genus Marmota. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Distributed across Russia and Ukraine.