Black-eared Deermouse vs fat duckweed

Peromyscus melanotis compared with Lemna gibba

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-eared Deermouse	fat duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Cricetidae	Araceae
Genus	Peromyscus	Lemna
Species	Peromyscus melanotis	Lemna gibba

Conservation Status

Black-eared Deermouse

LC — Least Concern

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-eared Deermouse	fat duckweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-eared Deermouse

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).

Black-eared Deermouse

The Black-eared Deermouse (Peromyscus melanotis) is a species in the genus Peromyscus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.