Chickenweed vs Japanese Hare

Portulaca quadrifida compared with Lepus brachyurus

Key Differences

• Chickenweed is Not Evaluated while Japanese Hare is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chickenweed	Japanese Hare
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Portulacaceae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Portulaca	Lepus
Species	Portulaca quadrifida	Lepus brachyurus

Conservation Status

Chickenweed

NE — Not Evaluated

Japanese Hare

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chickenweed	Japanese Hare
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chickenweed

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands).

Japanese Hare

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chickenweed

The Chickenweed (Portulaca quadrifida) is a species in the genus Portulaca. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.