fat duckweed vs Harlequin Bat

Lemna gibba compared with Scotomanes ornatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	fat duckweed	Harlequin Bat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Araceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Lemna	Scotomanes
Species	Lemna gibba	Scotomanes ornatus

Conservation Status

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Harlequin Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	fat duckweed	Harlequin Bat
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).

Harlequin Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.