Floating Fern vs Mentawai Langur

Salvinia natans compared with Presbytis potenziani

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Mentawai Langur is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Mentawai Langur
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Salviniaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Salvinia	Presbytis
Species	Salvinia natans	Presbytis potenziani

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Mentawai Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Mentawai Langur
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).

Mentawai Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.