Floating Fern vs Mountain Anoa

Salvinia natans compared with Bubalus quarlesi

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Mountain Anoa is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Mountain Anoa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Salviniaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Salvinia	Bubalus
Species	Salvinia natans	Bubalus quarlesi

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Mountain Anoa

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Mountain Anoa
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).

Mountain Anoa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.