Duckweed vs One-striped opossum

Lemna perpusilla compared with Monodelphis unistriata

Key Differences

• Duckweed is Least Concern while One-striped opossum is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Duckweed	One-striped opossum
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Araceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Lemna	Monodelphis
Species	Lemna perpusilla	Monodelphis unistriata

Conservation Status

Duckweed

LC — Least Concern

One-striped opossum

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Duckweed	One-striped opossum
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).

One-striped opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.