Floating Fern vs Indian Giant Squirrel

Salvinia natans compared with Ratufa indica

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Indian Giant Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Indian Giant Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Salviniaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Salvinia	Ratufa
Species	Salvinia natans	Ratufa indica

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Indian Giant Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Indian Giant Squirrel
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).

Indian Giant Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.