Floating Fern vs Sumatran orangutan

Salvinia natans compared with Pongo abelii

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while Sumatran orangutan is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	Sumatran orangutan
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Salviniaceae	Hominidae (Great Apes)
Genus	Salvinia	Pongo (Orangutans)
Species	Salvinia natans	Pongo abelii

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Sumatran orangutan

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	Sumatran orangutan
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).

Sumatran orangutan

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.