Duckweed vs Potto

Lemna perpusilla compared with Perodicticus potto

Key Differences

Duckweed is Least Concern while Potto is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Duckweed	Potto
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Araceae	Lorisidae
Genus	Lemna	Perodicticus
Species	Lemna perpusilla	Perodicticus potto

Conservation Status

Duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Potto

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Duckweed	Potto
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).