Floating Fern vs New Guinean planigale

Salvinia natans compared with Planigale novaeguineae

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while New Guinean planigale is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	New Guinean planigale
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Salviniaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Salvinia	Planigale
Species	Salvinia natans	Planigale novaeguineae

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

New Guinean planigale

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	New Guinean planigale
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).

New Guinean planigale

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.