Black-spotted Cuscus vs fat duckweed

Spilocuscus rufoniger compared with Lemna gibba

Key Differences

• Black-spotted Cuscus is Critically Endangered while fat duckweed is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-spotted Cuscus	fat duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Phalangeridae	Araceae
Genus	Spilocuscus	Lemna
Species	Spilocuscus rufoniger	Lemna gibba

Conservation Status

Black-spotted Cuscus

CR — Critically Endangered

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-spotted Cuscus	fat duckweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-spotted Cuscus

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-spotted Cuscus

The Black-spotted Cuscus (Spilocuscus rufoniger) is a species in the genus Spilocuscus. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.