Altai Birch Mouse vs fat duckweed

Sicista napaea compared with Lemna gibba

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Altai Birch Mouse	fat duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Dipodidae	Araceae
Genus	Sicista	Lemna
Species	Sicista napaea	Lemna gibba

Conservation Status

Altai Birch Mouse

LC — Least Concern

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Altai Birch Mouse	fat duckweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Altai Birch Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

fat duckweed

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands and flooded grasslands and savannas within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt), Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Altai Birch Mouse

The Altai Birch Mouse (Sicista napaea) is a species in the genus Sicista. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.