fat duckweed vs Hector s Dolphin

Lemna gibba compared with Cephalorhynchus hectori

Key Differences

• fat duckweed is Least Concern while Hector s Dolphin is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	fat duckweed	Hector s Dolphin
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Araceae	Delphinidae (Oceanic Dolphins)
Genus	Lemna	Cephalorhynchus
Species	Lemna gibba	Cephalorhynchus hectori

Conservation Status

fat duckweed

LC — Least Concern

Hector s Dolphin

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	fat duckweed	Hector s Dolphin
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).

Hector s Dolphin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.