Brush-tailed Phascogale vs Floating Fern

Phascogale pirata compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Brush-tailed Phascogale is Vulnerable while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brush-tailed Phascogale	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	Phascogale	Salvinia
Species	Phascogale pirata	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Brush-tailed Phascogale

VU — Vulnerable

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brush-tailed Phascogale	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brush-tailed Phascogale

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).

Brush-tailed Phascogale

The Brush-tailed Phascogale (Phascogale pirata) is a species in the genus Phascogale. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.