Floating Fern vs Ornate Shrew

Salvinia natans compared with Sorex ornatus

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Ornate Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Ornate Shrew
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Salviniaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Salvinia	Sorex
Species	Salvinia natans	Sorex ornatus

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Ornate Shrew
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).

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.