Floating Fern vs Mountain Goat

Salvinia natans compared with Oreamnos americanus

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Mountain Goat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Mountain Goat
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	Oreamnos
Species	Salvinia natans	Oreamnos americanus

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Mountain Goat
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 Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.