Floating Fern vs Potto

Salvinia natans compared with Perodicticus potto

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Potto is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Potto
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Salviniaceae	Lorisidae
Genus	Salvinia	Perodicticus
Species	Salvinia natans	Perodicticus potto

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Potto

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Potto
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).

Potto

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.