Floating Fern vs Formosan rock macaque

Salvinia natans compared with Macaca cyclopis

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Formosan rock macaque is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Formosan rock macaque
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Salviniaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Salvinia	Macaca
Species	Salvinia natans	Macaca cyclopis

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Formosan rock macaque

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Formosan rock macaque
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Formosan rock macaque

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Japan and Taiwan.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan