Duckweed vs Ooldea dunnart

Lemna perpusilla compared with Sminthopsis ooldea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Duckweed Ooldea dunnart
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Liliopsida (Monocots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Alismatales (Alismatales) Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family Araceae Dasyuridae
Genus Lemna Sminthopsis
Species Lemna perpusilla Sminthopsis ooldea

Conservation Status

Duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Ooldea dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Duckweed Ooldea dunnart
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).

Ooldea dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Duckweed

No description available.

Ooldea dunnart

No description available.

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