Duckweed vs Omilteme Cottontail

Lemna perpusilla compared with Sylvilagus insonus

Key Differences

• Duckweed is Least Concern while Omilteme Cottontail is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Duckweed	Omilteme Cottontail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Araceae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Lemna	Sylvilagus
Species	Lemna perpusilla	Sylvilagus insonus

Conservation Status

Duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Omilteme Cottontail

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Duckweed	Omilteme Cottontail
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).

Omilteme Cottontail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.