Floating Fern vs Golden-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin

Salvinia natans compared with Leontocebus tripartitus

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Golden-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Golden-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Salviniaceae	Callitrichidae
Genus	Salvinia	Leontocebus
Species	Salvinia natans	Leontocebus tripartitus

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Golden-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Golden-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin
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-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.