Floating Fern vs Guinea baboon

Salvinia natans compared with Papio papio

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Guinea baboon is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Guinea baboon
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Salviniaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Salvinia	Papio
Species	Salvinia natans	Papio papio

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Guinea baboon

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Guinea baboon
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).

Guinea baboon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.