Floating Fern vs Large-eared Hutia

Salvinia natans compared with Mesocapromys auritus

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Large-eared Hutia is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Large-eared Hutia
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Salviniaceae	Capromyidae
Genus	Salvinia	Mesocapromys
Species	Salvinia natans	Mesocapromys auritus

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Large-eared Hutia

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Large-eared Hutia
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).

Large-eared Hutia

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.