Duckweed vs Jentink's Duiker

Lemna perpusilla compared with Cephalophus jentinki

Key Differences

• Duckweed is Least Concern while Jentink's Duiker is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Duckweed	Jentink's Duiker
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Araceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Lemna	Cephalophus
Species	Lemna perpusilla	Cephalophus jentinki

Conservation Status

Duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Jentink's Duiker

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Duckweed	Jentink's Duiker
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).

Jentink's Duiker

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.