Floating Fern vs Mountain Water Rat

Salvinia natans compared with Baiyankamys habbema

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Mountain Water Rat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Mountain Water Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Salviniaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Salvinia	Baiyankamys
Species	Salvinia natans	Baiyankamys habbema

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Mountain Water Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Mountain Water Rat
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 Water Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.