Bronze quoll vs Floating Fern

Dasyurus spartacus compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Bronze quoll is Near Threatened while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bronze quoll	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Dasyurus	Salvinia
Species	Dasyurus spartacus	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Bronze quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bronze quoll	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bronze quoll

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).

Bronze quoll

The Bronze Quoll (Dasyurus spartacus) is a species in the genus Dasyurus. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.