Floating Fern vs Long-eared Hedgehog

Salvinia natans compared with Hemiechinus auritus

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Long-eared Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Long-eared Hedgehog
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Salviniaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Salvinia	Hemiechinus
Species	Salvinia natans	Hemiechinus auritus

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-eared Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Long-eared Hedgehog
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).

Long-eared Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Cyprus, Spain, and Ukraine.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇪🇸 Spain