Floating Fern vs Giant Mole Shrew

Salvinia natans compared with Blarina brevicauda

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Giant Mole Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Giant Mole 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	Blarina
Species	Salvinia natans	Blarina brevicauda

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Giant Mole Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Giant Mole 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).

Giant Mole Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.