Floating Fern vs mountain gorilla

Salvinia natans compared with Gorilla beringei

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while mountain gorilla is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	mountain gorilla
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Salviniaceae	Hominidae (Great Apes)
Genus	Salvinia	Gorilla (Gorillas)
Species	Salvinia natans	Gorilla beringei

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

mountain gorilla

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	mountain gorilla
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 gorilla

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.