Floating Fern vs Peninsular Pocket Mouse

Salvinia natans compared with Chaetodipus rudinoris

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Peninsular Pocket Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Peninsular Pocket Mouse
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Salviniaceae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Salvinia	Chaetodipus
Species	Salvinia natans	Chaetodipus rudinoris

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Peninsular Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Peninsular Pocket Mouse
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).

Peninsular Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.