Floating Fern vs Ord's kangaroo rat

Salvinia natans compared with Dipodomys ordii

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Ord's kangaroo rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Ord's kangaroo rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Salviniaceae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Salvinia	Dipodomys
Species	Salvinia natans	Dipodomys ordii

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Ord's kangaroo rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Ord's kangaroo rat
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).

Ord's kangaroo rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.