Floating Fern vs Jungle cat

Salvinia natans compared with Felis chaus

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Jungle cat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Jungle cat
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	Felis (Small Cats)
Species	Salvinia natans	Felis chaus

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Jungle cat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Jungle cat
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).

Jungle cat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Russia.