Dwarf Water Clover vs Northern elephant seal

Marsilea minuta compared with Mirounga angustirostris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Water Clover	Northern elephant seal
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Salviniales (Salviniales)	Pinnipedia (Seals & Sea Lions)
Family	Marsileaceae	Phocidae (True Seals)
Genus	Marsilea	Mirounga
Species	Marsilea minuta	Mirounga angustirostris

Conservation Status

Dwarf Water Clover

LC — Least Concern

Northern elephant seal

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Water Clover	Northern elephant seal
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).