Cuvier s Spiny-rat vs fat duckweed

Proechimys cuvieri compared with Lemna gibba

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cuvier s Spiny-rat	fat duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Echimyidae	Araceae
Genus	Proechimys	Lemna
Species	Proechimys cuvieri	Lemna gibba

Conservation Status

Cuvier s Spiny-rat

LC — Least Concern

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cuvier s Spiny-rat	fat duckweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cuvier s Spiny-rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Venezuela.

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).