Floating Fern vs Ooldea dunnart

Salvinia natans compared with Sminthopsis ooldea

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Ooldea dunnart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Ooldea dunnart
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Salviniaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Salvinia	Sminthopsis
Species	Salvinia natans	Sminthopsis ooldea

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Ooldea dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Ooldea dunnart
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).

Ooldea dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.