Eld's Deer vs Floating Heart

Rucervus eldii compared with Nymphoides peltata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Eld's Deer Floating Heart
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates) Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family Cervidae (Deer) Menyanthaceae
Genus Rucervus Nymphoides
Species Rucervus eldii Nymphoides peltata

Conservation Status

Eld's Deer

EN — Endangered

Floating Heart

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Eld's Deer Floating Heart
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eld's Deer

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Heart

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Eld's Deer

No description available.

Floating Heart

No description available.

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