Floating Fern vs Northern Red-backed Vole

Salvinia natans compared with Myodes rutilus

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Northern Red-backed Vole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Northern Red-backed Vole
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Salviniaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Salvinia	Myodes
Species	Salvinia natans	Myodes rutilus

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Northern Red-backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Northern Red-backed Vole
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).

Northern Red-backed Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Russia, and Sweden.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden