Floating Fern vs Mona Monkey

Salvinia natans compared with Cercopithecus mona

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Mona Monkey is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Mona Monkey
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	Cercopithecus
Species	Salvinia natans	Cercopithecus mona

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Mona Monkey

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Mona Monkey
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).

Mona Monkey

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Grenada and Sao Tome and Principe. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.