Floating Fern vs Gray-footed Spiny-rat

Salvinia natans compared with Proechimys poliopus

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Gray-footed Spiny-rat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Gray-footed Spiny-rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Salviniaceae	Echimyidae
Genus	Salvinia	Proechimys
Species	Salvinia natans	Proechimys poliopus

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray-footed Spiny-rat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Gray-footed Spiny-rat
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-footed Spiny-rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.