Dwarf Water Clover vs Fossa

Marsilea minuta compared with Cryptoprocta ferox

Key Differences

Dwarf Water Clover is Least Concern while Fossa is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Water Clover	Fossa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Marsileaceae	Eupleridae
Genus	Marsilea	Cryptoprocta
Species	Marsilea minuta	Cryptoprocta ferox

Conservation Status

Dwarf Water Clover

LC — Least Concern

Fossa

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Water Clover	Fossa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Water Clover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros), Asia (Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).