Floating Fern vs Pacific white-sided dolphin

Salvinia natans compared with Lagenorhynchus obliquidens

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Pacific white-sided dolphin is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Pacific white-sided dolphin
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Salviniaceae	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Salvinia	Lagenorhynchus
Species	Salvinia natans	Lagenorhynchus obliquidens

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Pacific white-sided dolphin

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Pacific white-sided dolphin
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).

Pacific white-sided dolphin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.