Duckweed vs Haviside s Dolphin

Lemna perpusilla compared with Cephalorhynchus heavisidii

Key Differences

• Duckweed is Least Concern while Haviside s Dolphin is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Duckweed	Haviside s Dolphin
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Araceae	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Lemna	Cephalorhynchus
Species	Lemna perpusilla	Cephalorhynchus heavisidii

Conservation Status

Duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Haviside s Dolphin

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Duckweed	Haviside s Dolphin
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).

Haviside s Dolphin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.