Bastard Cress vs Jentink's Duiker

Lepidium campestre compared with Cephalophus jentinki

Key Differences

  • Bastard Cress is Least Concern while Jentink's Duiker is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bastard Cress Jentink's Duiker
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Brassicales (Brassicales) Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family Brassicaceae Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus Lepidium Cephalophus
Species Lepidium campestre Cephalophus jentinki

Conservation Status

Bastard Cress

LC — Least Concern

Jentink's Duiker

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bastard Cress Jentink's Duiker
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bastard Cress

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (China, Japan), Europe (16 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

Jentink's Duiker

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bastard Cress

The Bastard Cress (Lepidium campestre) is a species in the genus Lepidium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic re.

Jentink's Duiker

No description available.

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