Desert Dormouse vs fat duckweed

Selevinia betpakdalaensis compared with Lemna gibba

Key Differences

• Desert Dormouse is Data Deficient while fat duckweed is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Desert Dormouse	fat duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Gliridae	Araceae
Genus	Selevinia	Lemna
Species	Selevinia betpakdalaensis	Lemna gibba

Conservation Status

Desert Dormouse

DD — Data Deficient

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Desert Dormouse	fat duckweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Desert Dormouse

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).