Duckweed vs Monk Saki

Lemna perpusilla compared with Pithecia monachus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Duckweed	Monk Saki
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Araceae	Pitheciidae
Genus	Lemna	Pithecia
Species	Lemna perpusilla	Pithecia monachus

Conservation Status

Duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Monk Saki

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Duckweed	Monk Saki
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).