Burnished Saki vs Floating Fern

Pithecia inusta compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Burnished Saki is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Burnished Saki	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Pitheciidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Pithecia	Salvinia
Species	Pithecia inusta	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Burnished Saki

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Burnished Saki	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Burnished Saki

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).

Burnished Saki

The Burnished Saki (Pithecia inusta) is a species in the genus Pithecia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.