Floating Fern vs Philippine mouse-deer

Salvinia natans compared with Tragulus nigricans

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Philippine mouse-deer is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Philippine mouse-deer
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Salviniaceae	Tragulidae
Genus	Salvinia	Tragulus
Species	Salvinia natans	Tragulus nigricans

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Philippine mouse-deer

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Philippine mouse-deer
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).

Philippine mouse-deer

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.