Floating Fern vs Indian Giant Squirrel

Salvinia nymphellula compared with Ratufa indica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Indian Giant Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Salviniaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Salvinia	Ratufa
Species	Salvinia nymphellula	Ratufa indica

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

LC — Least Concern

Indian Giant Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Indian Giant Squirrel
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.

Indian Giant Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.