Floating Fern vs Gray-bellied dunnart

Salvinia natans compared with Sminthopsis griseoventer

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Gray-bellied dunnart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Gray-bellied dunnart
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Salviniaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Salvinia	Sminthopsis
Species	Salvinia natans	Sminthopsis griseoventer

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray-bellied dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Gray-bellied dunnart
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).

Gray-bellied dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.