Fishing Cat vs Floating Fern

Prionailurus viverrinus compared with Salvinia nymphellula

Key Differences

• Fishing Cat is Vulnerable while Floating Fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fishing Cat	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Felidae (Cats)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Prionailurus	Salvinia
Species	Prionailurus viverrinus	Salvinia nymphellula

Conservation Status

Fishing Cat

VU — Vulnerable

Floating Fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fishing Cat	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fishing Cat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cote d'Ivoire and Malawi.