Black Flying Squirrel vs fat duckweed

Aeromys tephromelas compared with Lemna gibba

Key Differences

• Black Flying Squirrel is Data Deficient while fat duckweed is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Flying Squirrel	fat duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Araceae
Genus	Aeromys	Lemna
Species	Aeromys tephromelas	Lemna gibba

Conservation Status

Black Flying Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Flying Squirrel	fat duckweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Flying Squirrel

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 Flying Squirrel

The Black Flying Squirrel (Aeromys tephromelas) is a species in the genus Aeromys. Its conservation status is listed as Data Deficient, indicating insufficient data for assessment. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.