Floating Fern vs Jaguarundi

Salvinia natans compared with Puma yagouaroundi

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Jaguarundi is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Jaguarundi
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Salviniaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Salvinia	Puma (Pumas)
Species	Salvinia natans	Puma yagouaroundi

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Jaguarundi

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Jaguarundi
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).

Jaguarundi

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.