Duckweed vs False Serotine Bat

Lemna perpusilla compared with Hesperoptenus doriae

Key Differences

Duckweed is Least Concern while False Serotine Bat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Duckweed	False Serotine Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Araceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Lemna	Hesperoptenus
Species	Lemna perpusilla	Hesperoptenus doriae

Conservation Status

Duckweed

LC — Least Concern

False Serotine Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Duckweed	False Serotine Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Duckweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (4 countries), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (5 countries).