Floating Fern vs Olive-colored Akodont

Salvinia natans compared with Abrothrix olivaceus

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Olive-colored Akodont is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Olive-colored Akodont
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Salviniaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Salvinia	Abrothrix
Species	Salvinia natans	Abrothrix olivaceus

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Olive-colored Akodont

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Olive-colored Akodont
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).

Olive-colored Akodont

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.