Chacma Baboon vs Floating Fern

Papio ursinus compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Chacma Baboon is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacma Baboon	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Papio	Salvinia
Species	Papio ursinus	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Chacma Baboon

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacma Baboon	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacma Baboon

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).

Chacma Baboon

The Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) is a species in the genus Papio. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.