Dwarf Water Clover vs Lesser Capybara

Marsilea minuta compared with Hydrochoerus isthmius

Key Differences

• Dwarf Water Clover is Least Concern while Lesser Capybara is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Water Clover	Lesser Capybara
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Marsileaceae	Caviidae
Genus	Marsilea	Hydrochoerus
Species	Marsilea minuta	Hydrochoerus isthmius

Conservation Status

Dwarf Water Clover

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Capybara

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Water Clover	Lesser Capybara
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Water Clover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros), Asia (Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Lesser Capybara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.