Floating Fern vs Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Salvinia natans compared with Lepilemur dorsalis

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Gray’s Sportive Lemur is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Salviniaceae	Lepilemuridae
Genus	Salvinia	Lepilemur
Species	Salvinia natans	Lepilemur dorsalis

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Gray’s Sportive 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).

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.