Floating Fern vs Mexican cottontail

Salvinia natans compared with Sylvilagus cunicularius

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Mexican cottontail is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Mexican cottontail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Salviniaceae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Salvinia	Sylvilagus
Species	Salvinia natans	Sylvilagus cunicularius

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Mexican cottontail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Mexican cottontail
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).

Mexican cottontail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.