Duckweed vs Fossa

Lemna perpusilla compared with Cryptoprocta ferox

Key Differences

• Duckweed is Least Concern while Fossa is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Duckweed	Fossa
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Araceae	Eupleridae
Genus	Lemna	Cryptoprocta
Species	Lemna perpusilla	Cryptoprocta ferox

Conservation Status

Duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Fossa

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Duckweed	Fossa
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).

Fossa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.