Foca Pia vs Water spangles

Pagophilus groenlandicus compared with Salvinia minima

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Foca Pia	Water spangles
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Pinnipedia (Seals & Sea Lions)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Phocidae (True Seals)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Pagophilus	Salvinia
Species	Pagophilus groenlandicus	Salvinia minima

Conservation Status

Foca Pia

NE — Not Evaluated

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Foca Pia	Water spangles
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Foca Pia

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.

Water spangles

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Sri Lanka), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).