Floating Fern vs Lesser Taiwanese Shrew

Salvinia natans compared with Chodsigoa sodalis

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Lesser Taiwanese Shrew is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Lesser Taiwanese Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Salviniaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Salvinia	Chodsigoa
Species	Salvinia natans	Chodsigoa sodalis

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Lesser Taiwanese Shrew

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Lesser Taiwanese Shrew
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).

Lesser Taiwanese Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan