Black-fronted Duiker vs Rootless Duckweed

Cephalophus nigrifrons compared with Wolffia arrhiza

Key Differences

• Black-fronted Duiker is Least Concern while Rootless Duckweed is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-fronted Duiker	Rootless Duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Araceae
Genus	Cephalophus	Wolffia
Species	Cephalophus nigrifrons	Wolffia arrhiza

Conservation Status

Black-fronted Duiker

LC — Least Concern

Rootless Duckweed

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-fronted Duiker	Rootless Duckweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-fronted Duiker

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.

Black-fronted Duiker

The Black-fronted Duiker (Cephalophus nigrifrons) is a species in the genus Cephalophus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.