Fishing Cat vs Floating Fern

Prionailurus viverrinus compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Fishing Cat is Vulnerable while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

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 natans

Conservation Status

Fishing Cat

VU — Vulnerable

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

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

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).