Floating Fern vs Large Luzon Carpomys

Salvinia natans compared with Carpomys melanurus

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Large Luzon Carpomys is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Large Luzon Carpomys
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Salviniaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Salvinia	Carpomys
Species	Salvinia natans	Carpomys melanurus

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Large Luzon Carpomys

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Large Luzon Carpomys
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 Luzon Carpomys

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.