Floating Fern vs แมวดาว/Maewdaao

Salvinia natans compared with Prionailurus bengalensis

Key Differences

• Floating Fern is Not Evaluated while แมวดาว/Maewdaao is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Fern	แมวดาว/Maewdaao
Kingdom	Plantae (พืช)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Carnivora (สัตว์กินเนื้อ)
Family	Salviniaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Salvinia	Prionailurus
Species	Salvinia natans	Prionailurus bengalensis

Conservation Status

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

แมวดาว/Maewdaao

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Fern	แมวดาว/Maewdaao
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).

แมวดาว/Maewdaao

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Philippines and Taiwan.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan