Floating Fern vs Malayan Water Shrew

Salvinia natans compared with Chimarrogale hantu

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Malayan Water Shrew is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Malayan Water 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	Chimarrogale
Species	Salvinia natans	Chimarrogale hantu

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Malayan Water Shrew

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Malayan Water 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).

Malayan Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.