Duckweed vs Sumatran orangutan

Lemna perpusilla compared with Pongo abelii

Key Differences

• Duckweed is Least Concern while Sumatran orangutan is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Duckweed	Sumatran orangutan
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Araceae	Hominidae (Great Apes)
Genus	Lemna	Pongo (Orangutans)
Species	Lemna perpusilla	Pongo abelii

Conservation Status

Duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Sumatran orangutan

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Duckweed	Sumatran orangutan
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).

Sumatran orangutan

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.