Floating Fern vs Omilteme Cottontail

Salvinia natans compared with Sylvilagus insonus

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Omilteme Cottontail is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Omilteme Cottontail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Salviniaceae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Salvinia	Sylvilagus
Species	Salvinia natans	Sylvilagus insonus

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Omilteme Cottontail

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Omilteme Cottontail
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).

Omilteme Cottontail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.