Floating Fern vs Incan shrew opossum

Salvinia natans compared with Lestoros inca

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Incan shrew opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Incan shrew opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Paucituberculata (Paucituberculata)
Family	Salviniaceae	Caenolestidae
Genus	Salvinia	Lestoros
Species	Salvinia natans	Lestoros inca

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Incan shrew opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Incan shrew opossum
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).

Incan shrew opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.