Floating Fern vs Phayre's Squirrel

Salvinia natans compared with Callosciurus phayrei

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Phayre's Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Phayre's Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Salviniaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Salvinia	Callosciurus
Species	Salvinia natans	Callosciurus phayrei

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Phayre's Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Phayre's Squirrel
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).

Phayre's Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.