Floating Fern vs Giant Jumping Rat

Salvinia nymphellula compared with Hypogeomys antimena

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Least Concern while Giant Jumping Rat is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Giant Jumping Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Salviniaceae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Salvinia	Hypogeomys
Species	Salvinia nymphellula	Hypogeomys antimena

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

LC — Least Concern

Giant Jumping Rat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Giant Jumping Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Floating Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cote d'Ivoire and Malawi.

Giant Jumping Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.