Floating Fern vs Philippine tarsier

Salvinia nymphellula compared with Carlito syrichta

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Least Concern while Philippine tarsier is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Philippine tarsier
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Salviniaceae	Tarsiidae
Genus	Salvinia	Carlito
Species	Salvinia nymphellula	Carlito syrichta

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

LC — Least Concern

Philippine tarsier

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Philippine tarsier
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.

Philippine tarsier

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.