Ecuadoran Pericote vs fat duckweed

Phyllotis haggardi compared with Lemna gibba

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ecuadoran Pericote	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	Phyllotis	Lemna
Species	Phyllotis haggardi	Lemna gibba

Conservation Status

Ecuadoran Pericote

LC — Least Concern

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ecuadoran Pericote	fat duckweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ecuadoran Pericote

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

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).