Floating Fern vs Malayan civet

Salvinia natans compared with Viverra tangalunga

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Malayan civet is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Malayan civet
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Salviniaceae	Viverridae
Genus	Salvinia	Viverra
Species	Salvinia natans	Viverra tangalunga

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Malayan civet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Malayan civet
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).

Malayan civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.