fat duckweed vs Gambian Sun Squirrel

Lemna gibba compared with Heliosciurus gambianus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	fat duckweed	Gambian Sun Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Araceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Lemna	Heliosciurus
Species	Lemna gibba	Heliosciurus gambianus

Conservation Status

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Gambian Sun Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	fat duckweed	Gambian Sun Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Gambian Sun Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.