Floating Fern vs Golden Bamboo Lemur

Salvinia natans compared with Hapalemur aureus

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Golden Bamboo Lemur is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Golden Bamboo Lemur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Salviniaceae	Lemuridae (Lemurs)
Genus	Salvinia	Hapalemur
Species	Salvinia natans	Hapalemur aureus

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Golden Bamboo Lemur

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Golden Bamboo Lemur
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).

Golden Bamboo Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.