Floating Fern vs Fulvous Colilargo

Salvinia natans compared with Oligoryzomys fulvescens

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Fulvous Colilargo is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Fulvous Colilargo
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Salviniaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Salvinia	Oligoryzomys
Species	Salvinia natans	Oligoryzomys fulvescens

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Fulvous Colilargo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Fulvous Colilargo
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).

Fulvous Colilargo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.