False Water Rat vs Floating Fern

Xeromys myoides compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• False Water Rat is Vulnerable while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Water Rat	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Xeromys	Salvinia
Species	Xeromys myoides	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

False Water Rat

VU — Vulnerable

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Water Rat	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Water Rat

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).