Floating Fern vs Lesser Capybara

Salvinia nymphellula compared with Hydrochoerus isthmius

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Least Concern while Lesser Capybara is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Lesser Capybara
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Salviniaceae	Caviidae
Genus	Salvinia	Hydrochoerus
Species	Salvinia nymphellula	Hydrochoerus isthmius

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Capybara

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Lesser Capybara
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.

Lesser Capybara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.