Duckweed vs Giant Jumping Rat

Lemna perpusilla compared with Hypogeomys antimena

Key Differences

• Duckweed is Least Concern while Giant Jumping Rat is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Duckweed	Giant Jumping Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Araceae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Lemna	Hypogeomys
Species	Lemna perpusilla	Hypogeomys antimena

Conservation Status

Duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Giant Jumping Rat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Duckweed	Giant Jumping Rat
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).

Giant Jumping Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.