Floating Fern vs North American porcupine

Salvinia natans compared with Erethizon dorsatus

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while North American porcupine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	North American porcupine
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Salviniaceae	Erethizontidae
Genus	Salvinia	Erethizon
Species	Salvinia natans	Erethizon dorsatus

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

North American porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	North American porcupine
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).

North American porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.