Ebony Akodont vs fat duckweed

Thaptomys nigrita compared with Lemna gibba

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ebony Akodont	fat duckweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Cricetidae	Araceae
Genus	Thaptomys	Lemna
Species	Thaptomys nigrita	Lemna gibba

Conservation Status

Ebony Akodont

LC — Least Concern

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ebony Akodont	fat duckweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ebony Akodont

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

fat duckweed

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands and flooded grasslands and savannas within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt), Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), North America (Canada), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).