Floating Fern vs Marbled cat

Salvinia natans compared with Pardofelis marmorata

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Marbled cat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Marbled cat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Salviniaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Salvinia	Pardofelis
Species	Salvinia natans	Pardofelis marmorata

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Marbled cat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Marbled cat
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).

Marbled cat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.