African forest elephant vs Rootless Duckweed

Loxodonta cyclotis compared with Wolffia arrhiza

Key Differences

• African forest elephant is Critically Endangered while Rootless Duckweed is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African forest elephant	Rootless Duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Proboscidea (Elephants)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Elephantidae (Elephants)	Araceae
Genus	Loxodonta (African Elephants)	Wolffia
Species	Loxodonta cyclotis	Wolffia arrhiza

Conservation Status

African forest elephant

CR — Critically Endangered

Rootless Duckweed

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African forest elephant	Rootless Duckweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African forest elephant

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rootless Duckweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and temperate coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Brazil). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

African forest elephant

The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) is a species in the genus Loxodonta. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.