Coppery Sprite vs fat duckweed

Arielulus cuprosus compared with Lemna gibba

Key Differences

• Coppery Sprite is Vulnerable while fat duckweed is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Coppery Sprite	fat duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Araceae
Genus	Arielulus	Lemna
Species	Arielulus cuprosus	Lemna gibba

Conservation Status

Coppery Sprite

VU — Vulnerable

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Coppery Sprite	fat duckweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Coppery Sprite

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).