Floating Fern vs Formosan Serow

Salvinia natans compared with Capricornis swinhoei

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Formosan Serow is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Formosan Serow
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Salviniaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Salvinia	Capricornis
Species	Salvinia natans	Capricornis swinhoei

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Formosan Serow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Formosan Serow
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 Serow

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan