Floating Fern vs Gansu Shrew

Salvinia natans compared with Sorex cansulus

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Gansu Shrew is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Gansu Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Salviniaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Salvinia	Sorex
Species	Salvinia natans	Sorex cansulus

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Gansu Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Gansu Shrew
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).

Gansu Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.